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Scientific Name | Agathosma bodkinii Dummer |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | RUTACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2006/07/18 |
Assessor(s) | T. Trinder-Smith & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A slow-maturing reseeder that is potentially threatened by too frequent fire at five known locations. Fire frequency within this species' distribution range has increased in the past three decades. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Central Cederberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Cederberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Marshy sites in arid fynbos. |
Threats |
| Habitat degradation |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Agathosma bodkinii Dummer | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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.
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Citation |
| Trinder-Smith, T. & Raimondo, D. 2006. Agathosma bodkinii Dummer. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/04 |
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