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Scientific Name | Justicia montis-salinarum A.Meeuse |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ACANTHACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2008/03/29 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor & L. von Staden |
Justification | Known from a restricted range (EOO 300 km²), from only six subpopulations. Its extremely rocky habitat is unlikely to be threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo |
Range | Western Soutpansberg Mountains and northern foothills of eastern Blouberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Soutpansberg Mountain Bushveld, Makhado Sweet Bushveld |
Description | Dry, extremely rocky areas in sandy soils in rock crevices on lower, north-facing slopes, restricted to quartzite. |
Threats |
| The extreme dry, rocky habitat is unlikely to be threatened. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Justicia montis-salinarum A.Meeuse | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Justicia montis-salinarum A.Meeuse | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Meeuse, A. 1960. Justicia montis-salinarum. Bothalia 7(2):407-409.
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. & von Staden, L. 2008. Justicia montis-salinarum A.Meeuse. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/06 |
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