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Scientific Name | Agathosma latipetala Sond. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | RUTACEAE |
Synonyms | Agathosma florifera Dummer, Hartogia latipetala Kuntze |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2006/10/31 |
Assessor(s) | T. Trinder-Smith & D. Raimondo |
Justification | The large number of herbarium records collected before 1940 indicate that this species was once common in the Swartland. Most of its habitat has however been transformed for the cultivation of wheat, and only four known locations remain. It has an extent of occurrence (EOO) of less than 1000 km² and continues to decline due to ongoing agricultural expansion, urban expansion and habitat degradation due to a lack of fire on small habitat remnants. It therefore qualifies for listing as Endangered under criterion B. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species occurs in Swartland. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Swartland Shale Renosterveld, Swartland Granite Renosterveld, Atlantis Sand Fynbos |
Description | Plants grow in gravely sand or granite on lower slopes. |
Threats |
| This species was formerly threatened by agriculture (wheat and vineyards). This was a severe past threat throughout the Swartland and this species has lost more than 80% of its habitat in the past 70 years. Urbanisation is listed as a past, current and future threat around Swartland towns, the subpopulation from Malmesbury common was lost to development in 2005. Lack of fire due to fragmentation is also a threat to this species. Nick Helme (pers. obs.) notes that this species is uncommon in the veld for over 20 years. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Agathosma latipetala Sond. | EN B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Bolus Herbarium. The genus Agathosma, specimen data from the Bolus Herbarium Collections database. University of Cape Town, Cape Town. Downloaded on 2007.
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.
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 |
| Trinder-Smith, T. & Raimondo, D. 2006. Agathosma latipetala Sond. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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