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Scientific Name | Agathosma lanceolata (L.) Engl. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | RUTACEAE |
Synonyms | Agathosma perdita Hutch., Agathosma wrightii MacOwan, Diosma lanceolata L., Hartogia lanceolata L. |
Common Names | Heuningboegoe (a), Honey Buchu (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2015/08/07 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted species (EOO 92 km²) potentially threatened by competition from alien invasive plants and too frequent fire. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cape Peninsula. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | South-facing slopes in Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatenedby competition from alien invasive plants in places. Efforts have been made to clear invasive plants, but ongoing management and clearing is needed to prevent reinvasions. It is a reseeder, and therefore also potentially vulnerable to too frequent fire, which is becoming a problem on parts of the Peninsula. |
Population |
This species is common across the southern Cape Peninsula.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Agathosma lanceolata (L.) Engl. | VU D2 | 2015.1 | | Agathosma lanceolata (L.) Engl. | Least Concern | 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.
Helme, N.A. and Trinder-Smith, T.H. 2006. The endemic flora of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 72(2):205-210.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity 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 |
| von Staden, L. 2015. Agathosma lanceolata (L.) Engl. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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