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Scientific Name | Stapeliopsis breviloba (R.A.Dyer) Bruyns |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
Synonyms | Pectinaria breviloba R.A.Dyer |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2008/03/29 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO 2860 km², recorded from less than 10 locations. This species is most common along the southern banks of the Breede River on loam flats, this habitat has been and continues to be rapidly transformed for viticulture. A number of historical locations have been lost. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Worcester to Robertson, and Swellendam. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Robertson Karoo, Breede Alluvium Renosterveld, Breede Alluvium Fynbos |
Description | Under small bushes on low, stony ridges or in loam flats. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss and fragmentation due to expanding vineyards continues. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Stapeliopsis breviloba (R.A.Dyer) Bruyns | VU B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Stapeliopsis breviloba (R.A.Dyer) Bruyns | Vulnerable | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Bruyns, P.V. 1981. A Review of Pectinaria Haw., Stapeliopsis Pillans and a New genus, Ophionella (Asclepiadaceae). The Cactus and Succulent Journal of Great Britain 43(2/3):61-83.
Bruyns, P.V. 2005. Stapeliads of southern Africa and Madagascar. (Vol. 1, pp. 1-330). Umdaus Press, Pretoria.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
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.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D. 2008. Stapeliopsis breviloba (R.A.Dyer) Bruyns. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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