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Scientific Name | Agathosma peglerae Dummer |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | RUTACEAE |
Synonyms | Agathosma mixta Dummer |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2020/01/21 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Agathosma peglerae is a widespread and common species with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 20 535 km². It is declining in parts of its range due to ongoing habitat loss, but it is not yet in danger of extinction. It is therefore listed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa, and is widespread along the Eastern Cape coast, where it occurs from Humansdorp to Kei Mouth. It also extends inland to Grahamstown and the Suurberg Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Kouga Grassy Sandstone Fynbos, Kouga Sandstone Fynbos, Tsitsikamma Sandstone Fynbos, Suurberg Quartzite Fynbos, Transkei Coastal Belt, St Francis Dune Thicket, Hamburg Dune Thicket, Kasouga Dune Thicket, Grahamstown Grassland Thicket, Geluk Grassland Thicket, Crossroads Grassland Thicket |
Description | It prefers fynbos-grassland ecotones on lower slopes. |
Threats |
| About 26% of this species' habitat is irreversibly modified, particularly along the coast, where it continues to be threatened by urban expansion around Port Elizabeth and Grahamstown, as well as coastal development between Humansdorp and Kei Mouth. Around Bathurst it has lost habitat to agricultural expansion in the past. |
Population |
There is slow, ongoing habitat loss across most of this species' range. It is however still common, estimated to remain at more than 20 locations.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Agathosma peglerae Dummer | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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 |
| von Staden, L. 2020. Agathosma peglerae Dummer. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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