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Scientific Name | Brachystelma vahrmeijeri R.A.Dyer |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2005/04/18 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor & R. Peckover |
Justification | A range-restricted species (EOO<500 km²), known from fewer than five locations. This species was apparently locally abundant in 1965 when the type material was collected. It has since experienced a reduction of at least 40% of its habitat over the past 30 years (less than three generations) to forestry plantations. It continues to decline due to ongoing habitat loss and degradation as a result of subsistence agriculture and overgrazing. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Coastal Maputaland, Sodwana Bay to Manzengwenya. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Muzi Palm Veld and Wooded Grassland, Maputaland Wooded Grassland |
Description | Coastal and woody grasslands, sandy soils. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss, Habitat degradation |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Brachystelma vahrmeijeri R.A.Dyer | EN B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Brachystelma vahrmeijeri R.A.Dyer | EN A1acB1B2abc | Victor (2002) | | Brachystelma vahrmeijeri R.A.Dyer | VU B1B2abcd,D2 | Scott-Shaw (1999) | | Brachystelma vahrmeijeri R.A.Dyer | Rare | 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.
Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.
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. & Peckover, R. 2005. Brachystelma vahrmeijeri R.A.Dyer. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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