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Scientific Name | Agathosma ovalifolia Pillans |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | RUTACEAE |
Synonyms | Agathosma acuminata E.Mey. (later homonym), not of Willd (1809), Agathosma meyeriana C.Presl, Agathosma punctata Sond. (later homonym), not of G.Don (1831), Hartogia punctata Kuntze |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2020/01/20 |
Assessor(s) | T. Trinder-Smith & L. von Staden |
Justification | Agathosma ovalifolia is widespread in montane areas, but occurs in small, isolated subpopulations. Its habitat is inaccessible and mostly protected, and therefore it has no severe threats and is not suspected to be in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | This species occurs in the mountains surrounding the border between the Western and Eastern Cape, from the Rooiberg and Swartberg near Calitzdorp in the Western Cape eastwards to the Kouga Mountains and the Baviaanskloof and the Witteberg Mountains north of Willowmore. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Kouga Grassy Sandstone Fynbos, North Swartberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | It is localized to cracks in upper rocky quartzitic slopes on Witteberg formations. |
Threats |
| This species occurs in well-protected montane habitat where it is not threatened. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Agathosma ovalifolia Pillans | LC | 2020.1 | | Agathosma ovalifolia Pillans | Rare | 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.
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.
Pillans, N.S. 1950. A revision of Agathosma. Journal of South African Botany 16(2):55-177.
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. & von Staden, L. 2020. Agathosma ovalifolia Pillans. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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