Taxonomy
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.BalkwillVU D2Raimondo et al. (2009)
Brachystelma dyeri K.& M.BalkwillVU D2Victor (2002)
Brachystelma dyeri K.& M.BalkwillInsufficiently 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.


Citation
Victor, J.E. & Peckover, R. 2006. Brachystelma dyeri K.Balkwill & M.Balkwill. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/18

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