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Scientific Name | Brachystelma luteum Peckover |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/04/02 |
Assessor(s) | A.P. Dold & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Known from five locations from a restricted range (EOO <100 km²). Potentially threatened by livestock overgrazing and trampling and rural settlement. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Grahamstown district. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grahamstown Grassland Thicket, Albany Valley Thicket |
Description | Rocky grassland. |
Threats |
| One of the locations where this species occurs is subject to grazing, trampling and rural settlement, this could potentially cause future decline. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Brachystelma luteum Peckover | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Peckover, R.G. 1992. A new species of Brachystelma (Asclepiadaceae) from Natal. Aloe 29(3/4):56-57.
Peckover, R.G. 1992. A new species of Brachystelma (Asclepiadaceae) from the Grahamstown area. Aloe 29(3/4):66.
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 |
| Dold, A.P. & Victor, J.E. 2007. Brachystelma luteum Peckover. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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