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Scientific Name | Agathosma foetidissima (Bartl. & H.L.Wendl.) Steud. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | RUTACEAE |
Synonyms | Agathosma burchellii Dummer, Barosma foetidissima Bartl. & H.L.Wendl., Diosma foetidissima Spreng. |
Common Names | Bokboegoe (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened A2c |
Assessment Date | 2002/05/01 |
Assessor(s) | T. Trinder-Smith & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Although it has a fairly wide distribution (EOO 20 000 km²), it is restricted to clay, gravel and shale soils. Much of its habitat has been transformed to agriculture and continues to be degraded by livestock grazing and trampling. We suspect a 20-30% population reduction based on habitat loss over the past 45 years (generation length 15 years). |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Bredasdorp to Riversdale. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Eastern Ruens Shale Renosterveld, Ruens Silcrete Renosterveld, Canca Limestone Fynbos, De Hoop Limestone Fynbos, Robertson Granite Fynbos, Potberg Ferricrete Fynbos, Breede Alluvium Fynbos, Cape Lowland Alluvial Vegetation |
Description | Shale derived clay soils. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Agathosma foetidissima (Bartl. & H.L.Wendl.) Steud. | NT A2c | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Agathosma foetidissima (Bartl. & H.L.Wendl.) Steud. | Lower Risk - Near Threatened | 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.
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Citation |
| Trinder-Smith, T. & Victor, J.E. 2002. Agathosma foetidissima (Bartl. & H.L.Wendl.) Steud. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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