Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Brachystelma cathcartense R.A.Dyer
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
APOCYNACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Vulnerable D1
Assessment Date
2007/03/30
Assessor(s)
J.E. Victor & A.P. Dold
Justification
Known from only one location the total population consists of fewer than 1000 mature individuals.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Eastern Cape
Range
Cathcart district.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Tsomo Grassland, Amathole Montane Grassland
Description
Open, moist grassland, often near or on sandstone outcrops.
Threats
This species occurs on well managed privately owned stock farms, and is not suspected to be threatened (A.P. Dold pers. obs.).
Population

A very localized species known only from two adjacent farms. The population is small, estimated to consist of fewer than 1000 mature individuals.


Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Brachystelma cathcartense R.A.DyerVU D1Raimondo et al. (2009)
Brachystelma cathcartense R.A.DyerLower Risk - Near Threatened Victor (2002)
Brachystelma cathcartense R.A.DyerIndeterminate Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Bibliography

Craib, C. 1993. Field studies and cultivation of some Brachystelma species in the eastern Cape, Natal, the eastern Free State (including Qua Qua), and the Transvaal. Excelsa 16:11-23.


Dold, T. and Cumming, D. 2002. Notes on the species of Brachystelma R.Br. occurring in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Asklepios 84:4-9.


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.


Citation
Victor, J.E. & Dold, A.P. 2007. Brachystelma cathcartense R.A.Dyer. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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