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Scientific Name | Brachystelma tenue R.A.Dyer |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered A2ac; B1ab(i,ii,iii)+2ab(i,ii,iii) |
Assessment Date | 2008/03/28 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor, D. Raimondo & R. Peckover |
Justification | EOO 500 km², AOO <500 km², three known locations continue to decline due to ongoing habitat loss and degradation as a result of subsistence agriculture and overgrazing. In addition, a population reduction of at least 50% is estimated based on habitat loss to forestry plantations in the past 30 years (less than three generations). |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Makatini flats. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Maputaland Wooded Grassland, Maputaland Coastal Belt |
Description | Grassland, sandy soils. |
Threats |
| Habitat transformation to commercial forestry plantations exceeds 50%. Remaining subpopulations continue to decline due to ongoing habitat loss to expanding crop cultivation and overgrazing of remaining grassland fragments. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Brachystelma tenue R.A.Dyer | EN A2ac; B1ab(i,ii,iii)+2ab(i,ii,iii) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Brachystelma tenue R.A.Dyer | EN A1acB1B2abc | Victor (2002) | | Brachystelma tenue R.A.Dyer | Indeterminate | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Craib, C. 1993. Field studies and cultivation of some Brachystelma species in the eastern Cape, Natal, the eastern Free State (including Qua Qua), and the Transvaal. Excelsa 16:11-23.
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 |
| Victor, J.E., Raimondo, D. & Peckover, R. 2008. Brachystelma tenue R.A.Dyer. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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