Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Brachystelma meyerianum Schltr.
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
APOCYNACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Rare
Assessment Date
2007/03/30
Assessor(s)
J.E. Victor & A.P. Dold
Justification
A habitat specialist with no known threats.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Eastern Cape
Range
Katberg and Amathole Mountains and King William's Town to Komga.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
South Eastern Coastal Thornveld, Amathole Montane Grassland
Description
Damp margins of exposed dolerite rock sheets.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Brachystelma meyerianum Schltr.Rare Raimondo et al. (2009)
Brachystelma meyerianum Schltr.EN B1B2bcdeVictor (2002)
Brachystelma meyerianum Schltr.Rare Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Bibliography

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.


Citation
Victor, J.E. & Dold, A.P. 2007. Brachystelma meyerianum Schltr. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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