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Scientific Name | Brachystelma campanulatum N.E.Br. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/01/27 |
Assessor(s) | R. Peckover & J.E. Victor |
Justification | EOO 3000 km², recorded from seven locations. It has lost habitat to pineapple and other crop cultivation in the past. It is not declining currently but is potentially threatened by livestock farming. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Fish River to Kariega River. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket |
Description | Open grassland, only on sand. |
Threats |
| Cultivation of pineapples and other crops have caused some habitat loss in the past. Although not currently declining, overgrazing by livestock and further loss to crop cultivation is a potential threat. |
Population |
A very rare species, plants are solitary or in small isolated subpopulations.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Brachystelma campanulatum N.E.Br. | NT D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Brachystelma campanulatum N.E.Br. | VU A1ac | Victor (2002) | | Brachystelma campanulatum N.E.Br. | Indeterminate | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Dold, T. and Weeks, D. 1999. The status of Brachystelma campanulatum N.E.Br. in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Aloe 36(1):21.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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.
Victor, J.E. 2002. South Africa. In: J.S. Golding (ed), Southern African plant Red Data Lists. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 14 (pp. 93-120), SABONET, Pretoria.
Victor, J.E. and Dold, A.P. 2003. Threatened plants of the Albany Centre of Floristic Endemism, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 99:437-446.
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Citation |
| Peckover, R. & Victor, J.E. 2007. Brachystelma campanulatum N.E.Br. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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