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Scientific Name | Agathosma stenopetala (Steud.) Steud. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | RUTACEAE |
Synonyms | Agathosma filipetala Eckl. & Zeyh., Diosma stenopetala Steud., Hartogia stenopetala Kuntze |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2006/08/16 |
Assessor(s) | T. Trinder-Smith & J.E. Victor |
Justification | EOO <5000 km², less than 10 locations continue to decline due to urban development and alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Humansdorp to Port Elizabeth. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Algoa Sandstone Fynbos, St Francis Dune Thicket |
Description | Tertiary sands. |
Threats |
| Invasive Alien Species (direct effects), Habitat degradation, Habitat loss |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Agathosma stenopetala (Steud.) Steud. | VU B1ab(iii) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Agathosma stenopetala (Steud.) Steud. | VU 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.
Victor, J.E. and Dold, A.P. 2003. Threatened plants of the Albany Centre of Floristic Endemism, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 99:437-446.
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Citation |
| Trinder-Smith, T. & Victor, J.E. 2006. Agathosma stenopetala (Steud.) Steud. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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