Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Brachystelma caffrum (Schltr.) N.E.Br.
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
APOCYNACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Vulnerable B1ab(ii,iii,v)
Assessment Date
2007/03/29
Assessor(s)
A.P. Dold & J.E. Victor
Justification
EOO 11 300 km², known from fewer than ten locations. There have been observed declines at three of the known subpopulations as a result of rooting and predation by invasive pigs.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Eastern Cape
Range
Stutterheim to Engcobo and Umtata.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Bhisho Thornveld, Mthatha Moist Grassland, Drakensberg Foothill Moist Grassland, Amathole Montane Grassland
Description
Dolerite outcrops.
Threats
Habitat degradation, Invasive Alien Species (direct effects), Habitat loss
Population
Population trend
Decreasing
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Brachystelma caffrum (Schltr.) N.E.Br.VU B1ab(ii,iii,v)Raimondo et al. (2009)
Brachystelma caffrum (Schltr.) N.E.Br.CR B1B2abcdC2abVictor (2002)
Brachystelma caffrum (Schltr.) N.E.Br.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.


Dyer, R.A. 1983. Ceropegia, Brachystelma and Riocreuxia in southern Africa. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Netherlands.


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.


Citation
Dold, A.P. & Victor, J.E. 2007. Brachystelma caffrum (Schltr.) N.E.Br. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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