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Scientific Name | Streptocarpus actinoflorus T.J.Edwards & M.Hughes |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | GESNERIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2007/05/15 |
Assessor(s) | T.J. Edwards & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO 166 km², three known locations remain after much of this species' habitat has been converted to forestry plantations. It continues to decline due to alien plant invasion of the habitat. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | Mariepskop to Blyde. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Northern Escarpment Quartzite Sourveld, Northern Escarpment Dolomite Grassland, Scarp Forest, Northern Mistbelt Forest |
Description | Ecotone between grassland and dry mistbelt forest and in south-facing grassland areas. |
Threats |
| Much of this species' habitat has been transformed and fragmented by forestry plantations. Remaining subpopulations are threatened by competition from alien invasive plants, and potentially further habitat loss to plantations. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Streptocarpus sp. nov. (Edwards, Hughes & Moeller 3241 NU) | EN B1ab(iii,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Edwards, T.J., Hughes, M., Möller, M. and Bellstedt, D. 2008. New Streptocarpus species (Gesneriaceae) from South Africa. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 158(4):743-748.
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 |
| Edwards, T.J. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Streptocarpus actinoflorus T.J.Edwards & M.Hughes. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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