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Scientific Name | Polygala rodrigueana Paiva |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | POLYGALACEAE |
Synonyms | Polygala arcuata Chodat |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2015/02/26 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A poorly known species, last collected in 1886, from an area where very little natural vegetation remains. It is likely to be threatened, but not enough is known about it to determine its status. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Drakensberg foothills, Bergville district, near Hoffenthal. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland |
Description | This species' specific habitat requirements are unknown. |
Threats |
| The area where this species was last collected is extensively modified to crop fields, and degraded due to overgrazing, and very little natural habitat remains. It is very likely to be threatened. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Polygala rodrigueana Paiva | Data Deficient | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Polygala arcuata Chodat | Data Deficient | Scott-Shaw (1999) | |
Bibliography |
Chodat, R. 1913. Polygalalaceae africanae IV. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 48:309-336.
Paiva, J.A.R. 1998. Polygalarum africanarium et madagascariensium prodromus atque gerontogaei, generis Heterosamara Kuntze, a genere Polygala L. Segregati et a nobis denuo recepti, synopsis monographica. Fontqueria 50:1-346.
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.
Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2015. Polygala rodrigueana Paiva. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/21 |
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