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Scientific Name | Brachystelma franksiae N.E.Br. subsp. grandiflorum A.P.Dold & Bruyns |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/04/02 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor & A.P. Dold |
Justification | Known from one location, potentially threatened by urban expansion and crop cultivation. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | East London district. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Hamburg Dune Thicket |
Description | Coastal grassland, within 200 m of the sea on steep, sea-facing slopes, 50 m. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Brachystelma franksiae N.E.Br. subsp. grandiflorum A.P.Dold & Bruyns | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Brachystelma franksiae N.E.Br. | EN B1B2abcd | Victor (2002) | |
Bibliography |
Dold, A.P. and Bruyns, P.V. 2003. A new subspecies of Brachystelma from Eastern Cape, South Africa (Asclepiadoideae-Ceropegieae). Bothalia 33(1):105-106.
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.
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Citation |
| Victor, J.E. & Dold, A.P. 2007. Brachystelma franksiae N.E.Br. subsp. grandiflorum A.P.Dold & Bruyns. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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