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Scientific Name | Phylica stenopetala Schltr. var. stenopetala |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | RHAMNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(ii,iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2010/11/19 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO < 18 000 km², known from between 10 and 15 locations, subpopulations are severely fragmented. This species has lost at least 30 % of its former habitat to crop cultivation and urban development. It continues to decline due to alien plant invasion, vineyard and urban expansion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Namaqualand (Toringberg) to Saldanha and inland to Ceres. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Saldanha Limestone Strandveld, Saldanha Granite Strandveld, Swartland Shale Renosterveld, Swartland Granite Renosterveld, Namaqualand Granite Renosterveld, Swartland Alluvium Fynbos |
Description | Granite and clay slopes and flats in renosterveld. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss to crop cultivation is a severe past and moderate ongoing threat, particularly vineyard expansion in the Tulbagh area. It is also threatened by alien invasive encroachment and coastal development on the West Coast. |
Population |
Many subpopulations are small, consisting of less than 50 plants, but the subpopulation at Toringberg has about 500 plants and at Gouda there are at least 5 000 mature individuals.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Phylica stenopetala Schltr. var. stenopetala | EN B1ab(ii,iii,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Phylica stenopetala Schltr. var. stenopetala | Indeterminate | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Phylica stenopetala Schltr. | Indeterminate | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Pillans, N.S. 1942. The genus Phylica, Linn. Journal of South African Botany 8(1):1-164.
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 |
| Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2010. Phylica stenopetala Schltr. var. stenopetala. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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