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Scientific Name | Stoebe rugulosa Harv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2011/06/24 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | An eastern Overberg endemic (EOO < 5000 km²), known from five locations. Declining as a result of alien plant invasion, and habitat loss to crop cultivation. Over 70% of its habitat has been lost in the past 80 years to wheat cultivation. The generation length of this species is unknown. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Caledon to Albertinia. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Breede Shale Renosterveld, Eastern Ruens Shale Renosterveld, Central Ruens Shale Renosterveld, Ruens Silcrete Renosterveld, Greyton Shale Fynbos, Breede Shale Fynbos, Swellendam Silcrete Fynbos, Cape Lowland Alluvial Vegetation |
Description | Alluvial terrace gravels, usually overlying clays, possibly also stony shales. |
Threats |
| More than 70% of this species' habitat is already transformed, mainly for the cultivation of wheat and other cereal crops. Ongoing habitat loss to crop cultivation and habitat degradation as a result of fragmentation, a lack of fire and alien plant invasion continue to threaten this species. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Stoebe rugulosa Harv. | EN B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Koekemoer, M. 2002. Systematics of the Metalasia group in the Relhaniinae (Asteraceae-Gnaphalieae). Unpublished PhD, Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg.
Levyns, M.R. 1937. A revision of Stoebe L. Journal of South African Botany 3:1-35.
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 |
| Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2011. Stoebe rugulosa Harv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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