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Scientific Name | Agathosma florulenta Sond. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | RUTACEAE |
Synonyms | Hartogia florulenta Kuntze |
Common Names | Bosluisboegoe (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2006/07/18 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme, T. Trinder-Smith, D.I.W. Euston-Brown & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO <100 km², AOO <10 km², two known locations continue to decline due to habitat degradation as a result of invasive alien plants reducing water availability. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Arniston. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | De Hoop Limestone Fynbos |
Description | Seasonally wet limestone flats. |
Threats |
| Invasive Alien Species (direct effects), Habitat loss |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Agathosma florulenta Sond. | EN B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Agathosma florulenta Sond. | Lower Risk - Near Threatened | Victor (2002) | | Agathosma florulenta Sond. | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
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.
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 |
| Helme, N.A., Trinder-Smith, T., Euston-Brown, D.I.W. & Raimondo, D. 2006. Agathosma florulenta Sond. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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