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Scientific Name | Brachystelma stellatum E.A.Bruce & R.A.Dyer |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2005/08/31 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Burrows, S.P. Bester, M. Lötter & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Known from four sites. It may have experienced declines in the past due to pine plantations, but known sites are not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Mpumalanga |
Range | Steenkampsberg, Ohrigstad Dam Nature Reserve and Long Tom Pass. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Long Tom Pass Montane Grassland, Steenkampsberg Montane Grassland |
Description | Montane grassland. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Brachystelma stellatum E.A.Bruce & R.A.Dyer | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Dyer, R.A. 1980. Brachystelma, Ceropegia and Riocreuxia. In: O.A. Leistner (ed). Flora of Southern Africa 27 Part 4:1-88. Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria.
Dyer, R.A. 1983. Ceropegia, Brachystelma and Riocreuxia in southern Africa. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Mucina, L. and Rutherford, M.C. (eds). 2006. The vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Strelitzia 19. South African National Biodiversity 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.
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Citation |
| Burrows, J.E., Bester, S.P., Lötter, M. & Victor, J.E. 2005. Brachystelma stellatum E.A.Bruce & R.A.Dyer. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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