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Scientific Name | Streptocarpus montigena L.L.Britten |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | GESNERIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2023/08/08 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor & J. Truter |
Justification | A habitat specialist known from three collection records. Not threatened due to the inaccessibility of its habitat. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Eastern Cape, Winterberg and Elandsberg mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Amathole Montane Grassland |
Description | Narrow ledges of cliffs above forested gorges, 1525m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Streptocarpus montigena L.L.Britten | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Hilliard, O.M. and Burtt, B.L. 1971. Streptocarpus: an African plant study. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg.
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 |
| Victor, J.E. & Truter, J. 2023. Streptocarpus montigena L.L.Britten. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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