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Scientific Name | Brachystelma cummingii A.P.Dold |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(ii,iii) |
Assessment Date | 2007/02/02 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & A.P. Dold |
Justification | EOO 2100 km² and three known locations. Around 25% of the population was destroyed in 2006 as part of the Coega harbour development and there is continuing decline in habitat quality due to overgrazing by livestock. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Kleinpoort and Coega Kop. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Saltaire Karroid Thicket, Eastern Gwarrieveld |
Description | Open, dry, rocky, grassy karoo, in shallow sandy soils on flats. |
Threats |
| One of four known subpopulations was destroyed when Coega Kop was quarried for the construction of the Coega Industrial Development Zone, including the Coega Harbour. Remaining subpopulations continue to be threatened by ongoing development and expansion of informal settlements as well as overgrazing. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Brachystelma cummingii A.P.Dold | EN B1ab(ii,iii) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Dold, A.P. 2002. A new species of Brachystelma from Eastern Cape, South Africa: Brachystelma cummingii. Bothalia 32(1):71-73.
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. 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 |
| Raimondo, D. & Dold, A.P. 2007. Brachystelma cummingii A.P.Dold. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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