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Scientific Name | Stoebe schultzii Levyns |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Perotriche microphylla Sch.Bip., Stoebe salteri Levyns |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2008/07/05 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & N.A. Helme |
Justification | EOO 2 145 km², known from fewer than ten locations. Declining due to crop cultivation, coastal development and alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Caledon to Gansbaai and De Hoop. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | De Hoop Limestone Fynbos, Agulhas Limestone Fynbos, Potberg Ferricrete Fynbos, Elim Ferricrete Fynbos, Albertinia Sand Fynbos, Agulhas Sand Fynbos |
Description | Damp coastal flats. |
Threats |
| Threatened by invasive alien plants across its range, and coastal development around Gansbaai and Cape Agulhas. Habitat loss to crop cultivation is threatening subpopulations around Bredasdorp. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Conservation |
| De Hoop Nature Reserve. |
Notes |
| Stoebe salteri Levyns, listed as V by Hilton-Taylor (1996) is considered a synonym of Stoebe schultzii according to an unpublished revision of the genus (Koekemoer 2002) and is included under this assessment. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Stoebe schultzii Levyns | VU B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Stoebe schultzii Levyns | Not Threatened | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Stoebe salteri Levyns | Vulnerable | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Stoebe salteri Levyns | Vulnerable | Hall et al. (1980) | | Stoebe schultzii Levyns | Uncertain | Hall et al. (1980) | |
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.
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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 Unpublished PhD, Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg.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 |
| Raimondo, D. & Helme, N.A. 2008. Stoebe schultzii Levyns. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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