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Scientific Name | Brachystelma delicatum R.A.Dyer |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2007/03/30 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor & A.P. Dold |
Justification | EOO 2200 km², known from five to 10 locations, it has declined in the past due to pineapple cultivation and is likely to currently be declining at a slow rate due to livestock overgrazing. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Grahamstown to Bathurst. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grahamstown Grassland Thicket |
Description | Coastal grassland, in sand and on rocky ridges. |
Threats |
| Pineapple farming is likely to have destroyed populations in the past. Botha's Hill is now part of the Grahamstown commonage, and is overstocked, which causes deterioration in habitat quality. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Brachystelma delicatum R.A.Dyer | VU B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Brachystelma delicatum R.A.Dyer | Lower Risk - Near Threatened | Victor (2002) | | Brachystelma delicatum R.A.Dyer | Indeterminate | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Craib, C. 1993. Field studies and cultivation of some Brachystelma species in the eastern Cape, Natal, the eastern Free State (including Qua Qua), and the Transvaal. Excelsa 16:11-23.
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.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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 delicatum R.A.Dyer. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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