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Scientific Name | Agathosma acocksii Pillans |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | RUTACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2006/07/17 |
Assessor(s) | T. Trinder-Smith, D. Raimondo & J.E. Victor |
Justification | One known location is potentially threatened by livestock trampling and grazing. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Bontberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Matjiesfontein Quartzite Fynbos, Swartruggens Quartzite Fynbos |
Description | Among rocks on sandstone slopes and ridges, 760-1360 m. |
Threats |
| This species is known from a single, localized subpopulation. At present, there are no severe threats to the population. The area is used for livestock grazing, and it is potentially threatened by habitat degradation, should grazing pressure increase. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Agathosma acocksii Pillans | 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. & Victor, J.E. 2006. Agathosma acocksii Pillans. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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