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Scientific Name | Cyclopia bolusii Hofmeyr & E.Phillips |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D1 |
Assessment Date | 2021/04/27 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & A.L. Schutte-Vlok |
Justification | Subpopulations are small, consisting of less than 10 mature individuals and are restricted to a small area (EOO 710 km²). The total population is estimated to be fewer than 1 000 mature individuals. It is therefore listed as Vulnerable under criterion D. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to Groot Swartberg, Western Cape, South Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Swartberg Altimontane Sandstone Fynbos, South Swartberg Sandstone Fynbos, North Swartberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | This species inhabits the subalpine fynbos. |
Threats |
| This species is potentially threatened by the spread of invasive alien plants, an iNaturalist record from 2017 notes pines growing in the vicinity of one of the subpopulations. |
Population |
Subpopulations are small, consisting of less than 10 mature individuals. The total population is estimated to be fewer than 1000 mature individuals. It is currently stable, but there are potential threats that could lead to a rapid decline as the population is confined to a very small area.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cyclopia bolusii Hofmeyr & E.Phillips | VU D1 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
Kies, P. 1951. Revision of the genus Cyclopia and notes on some other sources of bush tea. Bothalia 6:161-176.
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 |
| Raimondo, D. & Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2021. Cyclopia bolusii Hofmeyr & E.Phillips. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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