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Scientific Name | Brachystelma minimum R.A.Dyer |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2007/04/02 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor & A.P. Dold |
Justification | A range-restricted species (EOO <500 km²), known from six sites. Not threatened as it occurs in rocky habitats not suitable for agriculture. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Information redacted, contact SANBI |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Suurberg Quartzite Fynbos, Nanaga Savanna Thicket, Grahamstown Grassland Thicket |
Description | Sandstone outcrops. |
Threats |
| No threats. |
Population |
Very common in quartzitic outcrops around Grahamstown.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Brachystelma minimum R.A.Dyer | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Brachystelma minimum R.A.Dyer | Lower Risk - Least Concern | Victor (2002) | | Brachystelma minimum R.A.Dyer | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
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 minimum R.A.Dyer. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2024.1. Accessed on 2026/08/30 |
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