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Scientific Name | Dicliptera fionae K.Balkwill |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ACANTHACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2012/02/22 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Plants at one known location is potentially threatened by habitat degradation as a result of alien plant invasion, erosion and overgrazing. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo |
Range | Bewaarkloof Nature Reserve, Polokwane district. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Wolkberg Dolomite Grassland |
Description | Wooded grassland, occurs at the edges of dolomite terraces on steep slopes. |
Threats |
| Although this species occurs in a protected area, it is facing a number of potential threats, primarily because no conservation management is taking place. Access to the reserve is not controlled, and the area is being utilized by the local community as rangelands for cattle as a source of wood. Alien invasive plants are spreading unchecked. Degradation and erosion of natural areas due to uncontrolled recreational 4x4 driving is also a concern (Anonymous 2010). |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
| Bewaarkloof Nature Reserve. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Dicliptera fionae K.Balkwill | Critically Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Dicliptera fionae K.Balkwill | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Anonymous. 2010. Environmental Matters: Wolkberg Wilderness area. http://www.tuffstuff.co.za/page/3. Downloaded on 22 February 2012.
Balkwill, K. and Cadman, M.J. 1988. Taxonomic studies in the Acanthaceae: a new species of Dicliptera. South African Journal of Botany 54:55-59.
Balkwill, K., Getliffe Norris, F. and Balkwill, M.-J. 1996. Systematic Studies in the Acanthaceae: Dicliptera in southern Africa. Kew Bulletin 51(1):1-61.
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 |
| von Staden, L. 2012. Dicliptera fionae K.Balkwill. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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