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Scientific Name | Agathosma sedifolia Schltdl. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | RUTACEAE |
Synonyms | Hartogia sedifolia Kuntze |
Common Names | Bosluisboegoe (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2006/08/16 |
Assessor(s) | T. Trinder-Smith, N.A. Helme, D.I.W. Euston-Brown & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO and AOO <200 km², fewer than 10 severely fragmented subpopulations continue to decline due to habitat loss to crop cultivation, livestock trampling and grazing, drainage of wetlands and alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Agulhas Plain. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | De Hoop Limestone Fynbos, Agulhas Limestone Fynbos |
Description | Vlei areas on the edges of perennial pools, in fine grey sand. |
Threats |
| Invasive Alien Species (direct effects), Habitat loss, Habitat degradation |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Agathosma sedifolia Schltdl. | EN B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Agathosma sedifolia Schltdl. | EN B1B2c | Victor (2002) | | Agathosma sedifolia Schltdl. | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Agathosma sedifolia Schltdl. | Endangered | Hall et al. (1980) | |
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.
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
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., Helme, N.A., Euston-Brown, D.I.W. & Raimondo, D. 2006. Agathosma sedifolia Schltdl. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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