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Scientific Name | Streptocarpus decipiens Hilliard & B.L.Burtt |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | GESNERIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2016/07/04 |
Assessor(s) | J. Truter, S.J. Smithies & F. Daniels |
Justification | A range-restricted (EOO 278 km²), habitat specialist that occurs in areas protected from the predominant cause of habitat loss in the area - forestry plantations. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Mpumalanga |
Range | Mariepskop to Graskop. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Northern Escarpment Quartzite Sourveld, Northern Escarpment Dolomite Grassland |
Description | Grows under shallow overhangs of sandstone outcrops on grass slopes, more rarely it grows in horizontal cracks towards the base of larger cliffs. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Streptocarpus decipiens Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Streptocarpus decipiens Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Streptocarpus decipiens Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | Rare | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
Hilliard, O.M. and Burtt, B.L. 1971. Streptocarpus: an African plant study. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg.
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.
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Citation |
| Truter, J., Smithies, S.J. & Daniels, F. 2016. Streptocarpus decipiens Hilliard & B.L.Burtt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/07/04 |
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