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Scientific Name | Gasteria batesiana G.D.Rowley var. dolomitica Van Jaarsv. & A.E.van Wyk |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPHODELACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Rare |
Assessment Date | 2007/08/07 |
Assessor(s) | E.J. van Jaarsveld & D. Raimondo |
Justification | This species is known from one site and occurs on cliffs. It is not threatened. It is therefore listed under the IUCN 3.1. criteria as Least Concern but is nationally recognised as Critically Rare. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo |
Range | This species is endemic to the Limpopo province, where it is found in Penge. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Poung Dolomite Mountain Bushveld |
Description | It grows in sheer dolomite cliffs. |
Threats |
| It has no known threats. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Gasteria batesiana G.D.Rowley var. dolomitica Van Jaarsv. & A.E.van Wyk | Critically Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Gasteria batesiana G.D.Rowley | Lower Risk - Near Threatened | Scott-Shaw (1999) | |
Bibliography |
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.
Van Jaarsveld, E.J. and van Wyk, A.E. 1999. Five new cremnophilous taxa from sei-arid regions in South Africa. Aloe 36(4):71-74.
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Citation |
| van Jaarsveld, E.J. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Gasteria batesiana G.D.Rowley var. dolomitica Van Jaarsv. & A.E.van Wyk. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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