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Scientific Name | Chenolea convallis Snijman & J.C.Manning |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AMARANTHACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered D |
Assessment Date | 2014/05/08 |
Assessor(s) | A. le Roux & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A single subpopulation numbering fewer than 50 mature individuals occurring on the edge of a dam is highly vulnerable to future plans to enlarge the dam. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Brandvlei near Worcester. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Breede Sand Fynbos |
Description | West-facing slopes, on low hills in stony loam soils derived from shale and sandstone. |
Threats |
| The construction of the Brandvlei Dam and two successive enlargements of the dam in 1950 and 1972 has resulted in the majority of this species' habitat being destroyed. There are new proposals by the Department of Water Affairs to raise the water level of the Brandvlei Dam once again and if this takes place, this species may well go extinct. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Chenolea convallis Snijman & J.C.Manning | CR D | 2014.1 | |
Bibliography |
Snijman, D.A. and Manning, J.C. 2013. Chenolea convallis, a new species from the western Cape Province, South Africa. Bothalia 43(1):80-85.
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Citation |
| le Roux, A. & Raimondo, D. 2014. Chenolea convallis Snijman & J.C.Manning. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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