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Scientific Name | Brachystelma kerzneri Peckover |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2006/11/14 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor & R. Peckover |
Justification | Known from one location, potentially threatened by a deleterious fire regime and road construction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Umtamvuna River Mouth. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Pondoland-Ugu Sandstone Coastal Sourveld |
Description | Coastal grassland, 50 m. |
Threats |
| Changes in native species dynamics, Habitat loss |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Brachystelma kerzneri Peckover | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Brachystelma kerzneri Peckover | VU D2 | Victor (2002) | | Brachystelma kerzneri Peckover | EN B1B2c | Scott-Shaw (1999) | |
Bibliography |
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.
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.
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.
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Citation |
| Victor, J.E. & Peckover, R. 2006. Brachystelma kerzneri Peckover. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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