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Scientific Name | Brachystelma schoenlandianum Schltr. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Extinct |
Assessment Date | 2006/11/06 |
Assessor(s) | R. Peckover & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Known from type specimen only, described in 1893. The area where this species was collected is transformed as a result of urban development, and it has not been found despite numerous searches over the past 15 years and is thus considered extinct. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Uitenhage district. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket |
Description | Dry hills. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Brachystelma schoenlandianum Schltr. | Extinct | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Brachystelma schoenlandianum Schltr. | Data Deficient | Victor (2002) | | Brachystelma schoenlandianum Schltr. | Indeterminate | 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.
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Citation |
| Peckover, R. & Victor, J.E. 2006. Brachystelma schoenlandianum Schltr. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/31 |
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