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Scientific Name | Streptocarpus longiflorus (Hilliard & B.L.Burtt) T.J.Edwards |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Synonyms | Streptocarpus caeruleus Hilliard & B.L.Burtt subsp. longiflorus Hilliard & B.L.Burtt |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2008/04/06 |
Assessor(s) | J. Truter, J.E. Victor & L. von Staden |
Justification | One known location is potentially threatened by habitat degradation as a result of overgrazing and too frequent fire. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo |
Range | Summit of Blouberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Soutpansberg Summit Sourveld |
Description | Exposed sites among rocks in northern escarpment afromontane fynbos and mistbelt grasslands above 1900 m. |
Threats |
| Apart from Sekhukhuneland, the Blouberg is the area with the highest grazing pressure in Limpopo Province. Grassland areas right to the mountain summit is excessively overgrazed and overburnt, and trampling and erosion is a serious threat. Grazing is not directly affecting this species, as the habitat is somewhat sheltered among large rocks, but the excessive degradation of the surrounding areas could potentially affect this highly range restricted species in the long term. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Streptocarpus longiflorus (Hilliard & B.L.Burtt) T.J.Edwards | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Edwards, T.J., Kunhardt, C. and Venter, S. 1992. Notes on the genus Streptocarpus. Bothalia 22(2):192-194.
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., Victor, J.E. & von Staden, L. 2008. Streptocarpus longiflorus (Hilliard & B.L.Burtt) T.J.Edwards. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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