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Scientific Name | Brachystelma angustum Peckover |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2020/11/24 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Brachystelma angustum has one known location, which is potentially threatened by expanding timber plantations. Therefore, it is listed as Vulnerable under criterion D. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Mpumalanga |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa, and is found between Badplaas and Carolina. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | KaNgwane Montane Grassland |
Description | It occurs in pockets of shallow, humic soils on white quartzitic ridges, where competition from grasses is restricted. |
Threats |
| This species is potentially threatened by expansion of timber plantations. |
Population |
Plants are locally common in suitable habitat.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Brachystelma angustum Peckover | Threatened | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Peckover, R.G. 1994. An overlooked miniature Brachystelma species B. angustum Peckover sp. nov. (Asclepiadaceae) from near Carolina, Eastern Transvaal. Aloe 31(3/4):59-61.
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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2020. Brachystelma angustum Peckover. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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