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Scientific Name | Diosma pedicellata I.Williams |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | RUTACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened A2c |
Assessment Date | 2006/08/28 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & T. Trinder-Smith |
Justification | A population reduction of at least 25% is suspected based on declines or local extinctions in six out of 17 known subpopulations due to habitat loss to Rooibos tea and potato cultivation and alien plant invasion in the past 90 years (generation length 30 years). |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Bokkeveld Mountains to False Bay. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Cederberg Sandstone Fynbos, Leipoldtville Sand Fynbos, Hopefield Sand Fynbos, Atlantis Sand Fynbos, Cape Flats Sand Fynbos, Boland Granite Fynbos, Swartland Alluvium Fynbos, Graafwater Sandstone Fynbos, Robertson Karoo, Winterhoek Sandstone Fynbos, Montagu Shale Renosterveld, Breede Shale Renosterveld, Swartland Shale Renosterveld, Saldanha Flats Strandveld, Cape Flats Dune Strandveld, Hawequas Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Deep sandy soils. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Diosma pedicellata I.Williams | NT A2c | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Diosma pedicellata I.Williams | Not Threatened | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
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.
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. & Trinder-Smith, T. 2006. Diosma pedicellata I.Williams. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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