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Scientific Name | Streptocarpus floribundus Weigend & T.J.Edwards |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | GESNERIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2011/10/06 |
Assessor(s) | I.M. Johnson, D.U. Bellstedt & L. von Staden |
Justification | Plants at one known location are potentially threatened by habitat degradation. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Kranskop. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Scarp Forest |
Description | Scarp forest, on doleritic cliffs, 900-1 100 m. |
Threats |
| The only known locality for this species is in a densely populated area where it is potentially threatened by degradation of its forest habitat due to subsistence use. |
Population |
Streptocarpus floribundus appear to be extremely rare and localized (Weigend and Edwards 1994). Extensive searches in the area failed to record any other subpopulations (Weigend and Edwards 1994), and this species remains known only from Hilliard's type collection. Recent searches of the type locality also failed to record any individuals of this species (I.M. Johnson pers. comm.). Although plants could not be located, the habitat is still intact, and there is currently no reason to suspect that the species is declining, but perhaps rather difficult to find. More surveys are needed.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Conservation |
| Not currently conserved in any formally protected area. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Streptocarpus floribundus Weigend & T.J.Edwards | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Streptocarpus floribundus Weigend & T.J.Edwards | VU | Scott-Shaw (1999) | | Streptocarpus floribundus Weigend & T.J.Edwards | Vulnerable | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.
Weigend, M. and Edwards, T.J. 1994. Notes on Streptocarpus primulifolius (Gesneriaceae). South African Journal of Botany 60(3):168-169.
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Citation |
| Johnson, I.M., Bellstedt, D.U. & von Staden, L. 2011. Streptocarpus floribundus Weigend & T.J.Edwards. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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