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Scientific Name | Agathosma pulchella (L.) Link |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | RUTACEAE |
Synonyms | Barosma pulchella (L.) Bartl. & H.L.Wendl., Bucco pulchella Roem. & Schult., Diosma pulchella L., Hartogia pulchella P.J.Bergius |
Common Names | Muishondboegoe (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2009/02/19 |
Assessor(s) | T. Trinder-Smith & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A small population at one known location (EOO <10 km²) is potentially threatened by too frequent fire. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cape Peninsula, Table Mountain. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Peaty slopes amongst dense bush on south and southwest aspects. |
Threats |
| The population is very small and it is likely that all plants could be killed in a single fire. Fire frequency on Table Mountain is increasing and potentially threatening this species. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Agathosma pulchella (L.) Link | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Agathosma pulchella (L.) Link | VU D2 | Victor (2002) | | Agathosma pulchella (L.) Link | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
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.
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.
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.
Victor, J.E. 2002. South Africa. In: J.S. Golding (ed), Southern African plant Red Data Lists. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 14 (pp. 93-120), SABONET, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Trinder-Smith, T. & Raimondo, D. 2009. Agathosma pulchella (L.) Link. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/03 |
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