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Scientific Name | Agathosma robusta Eckl. & Zeyh. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | RUTACEAE |
Synonyms | Hartogia robusta Kuntze |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2005/09/05 |
Assessor(s) | T. Trinder-Smith & J.E. Victor |
Justification | AOO <10 km², four known locations are potentially threatened by urban expansion around Stilbaai and by alien plant invasion throughout the range. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cape Infanta to Stilbaai. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Hartenbos Dune Thicket |
Description | Limestone fynbos on dry, sandy soil overlying limestone. |
Threats |
| Invasive Alien Species (direct effects), Habitat loss |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Agathosma robusta Eckl. & Zeyh. | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Agathosma robusta Eckl. & Zeyh. | EN B1B2c | Victor (2002) | |
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.
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. & Victor, J.E. 2005. Agathosma robusta Eckl. & Zeyh. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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