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Scientific Name | Brachystelma dyeri K.Balkwill & M.Balkwill |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2006/11/07 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor & R. Peckover |
Justification | Known from only one location above Barberton, potentially threatened by afforestation and mining. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Mpumalanga |
Range | Barberton. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Barberton Serpentine Sourveld, Barberton Montane Grassland |
Description | Serpentine and quartzitic soils. |
Threats |
| Habitat degradation, Habitat loss |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Brachystelma dyeri K.& M.Balkwill | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Brachystelma dyeri K.& M.Balkwill | VU D2 | Victor (2002) | | Brachystelma dyeri K.& M.Balkwill | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Balkwill, K. and Balkwill, M.-J. 1988. Studies on serpentine flora: a new species of Brachystelma (Asclepiadaceae). South African Journal of Botany 54(1):60-62.
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.
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Citation |
| Victor, J.E. & Peckover, R. 2006. Brachystelma dyeri K.Balkwill & M.Balkwill. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/08/31 |
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