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Scientific Name | Brachystelma parvulum R.A.Dyer |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2005/08/28 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Burrows, M. Lötter & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Known from two locations which are potentially threatened by livestock grazing and trampling. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | Bourke's Luck Potholes and Abel Erasmus Pass. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Ohrigstad Mountain Bushveld, Northern Escarpment Dolomite Grassland |
Description | Dolomite ridges. |
Threats |
| Habitat degradation |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Brachystelma parvulum R.A.Dyer | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Brachystelma parvulum R.A.Dyer | Lower Risk - Near Threatened | Victor (2002) | | Brachystelma parvulum R.A.Dyer | Indeterminate | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Dyer, R.A. 1978. Two new species of Brachystelma. Bothalia 12(3):447-448.
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 |
| Burrows, J.E., Lötter, M. & Victor, J.E. 2005. Brachystelma parvulum R.A.Dyer. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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