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Scientific Name | Brachystelma molaventi Peckover & A.E.van Wyk |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2005/02/08 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor, R. Peckover & A.E. van Wyk |
Justification | Known from two locations, both protected within reserves and not seriously threatened. However, this species was only recently discovered and is still poorly known, and it quite likely occurs at least in the areas surrounding the reserves and possibly elsewhere in the Eastern Cape. Outside the reserves the habitat is extensively transformed by forestry plantations and there is much ongoing illegal afforestation, especially in the Eastern Cape which could potentially threaten subpopulations. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Ngele Forest Reserve to uMzimkhulu in the Eastern Cape. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Dry Coast Hinterland Grassland, Drakensberg Foothill Moist Grassland |
Description | Moist, short grassland, in shallow, dark-brown loamy soil along outcrops of volcanic rock. |
Threats |
| Both currently known subpopulations are protected within reserves and not seriously threatened at present. However, this species was fairly recently discovered and is still poorly known, and it is likely to occur at least in the areas surrounding the reserves and possibly elsewhere in the Eastern Cape. Outside the reserves the habitat is extensively transformed by forestry plantations and there is much ongoing illegal afforestation, especially in the Eastern Cape (C.R. Scott-Shaw pers. comm.), which could potentially threaten subpopulations outside the reserves. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
| Ngele Forest Reserve and Ntsikeni Nature Reserve. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Brachystelma molaventi Peckover & A.E.van Wyk | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Brachystelma molaventi Peckover & A.E.van Wyk | VU D2 | Victor (2002) | |
Bibliography |
Peckover, R.G. and van Wyk, A.E. 1999. Brachystelma molaventi (Asclepiadaceae), a new species from the southern midlands of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Aloe 36(2 & 3):46-48.
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.
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Citation |
| Victor, J.E., Peckover, R. & van Wyk, A.E. 2005. Brachystelma molaventi Peckover & A.E.van Wyk. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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