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Scientific Name | Glossochilus burchellii Nees |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ACANTHACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2016/12/07 |
Assessor(s) | D.A. Kamundi & L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread (EOO 10 602 km²) and locally common species that is not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Kuruman to Griekwastad. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Savanna |
Description | Gravelly slopes of low hills in low shrubland and Kalahari thornveld. |
Threats |
| Overgrazing due to overstocking of rangelands is causing habitat degradation across most of this species' range. In spite of habitat degradation, it is still fairly common, and is possibly resilient to grazing pressure - specimen notes indicate that it is not heavily grazed. Some subpopulations are threatened by habitat loss to mining, but this affects only a small proportion of the population. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Glossochilus burchellii Nees | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Clarke, C.B. 1901. Acanthaceae. In: W.T. Thiselton-Dyer (ed). Flora Capensis V Section I (Acanthaceae-Proteaceae):1-92. Lovell Reeve & Co., Ltd., London.
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 |
| Kamundi, D.A. & von Staden, L. 2016. Glossochilus burchellii Nees. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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