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Scientific Name | Agathosma thymifolia Schltdl. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | RUTACEAE |
Synonyms | Hartogia thymifolia Kuntze |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2008/06/01 |
Assessor(s) | T. Trinder-Smith & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO and AOO <850 km², fewer than 10 known locations continue to decline due to habitat loss to crop cultivation and coastal development, and alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Vredenburg to Yzerfontein. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Langebaan Dune Strandveld, Saldanha Flats Strandveld, Atlantis Sand Fynbos, Hopefield Sand Fynbos |
Description | Deep sand on calcified dunes, in exposed areas, 100 m. |
Threats |
| Agriculture, land degradation and competition from alien invasive acacias. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Conservation |
| Protected in the West Coast National Park. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Agathosma thymifolia Schltdl. | VU B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Agathosma thymifolia Schltdl. | VU B1B2c | Victor (2002) | | Agathosma thymifolia Schltdl. | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Agathosma thymifolia Schltdl. | Indeterminate | 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. & Raimondo, D. 2008. Agathosma thymifolia Schltdl. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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