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Scientific Name | Audouinia esterhuyseniae (Powrie) A.V.Hall |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | BRUNIACEAE |
Synonyms | Tittmannia esterhuyseniae Powrie |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/03/01 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & R.C. Turner |
Justification | A rare montane resprouter known from two locations. It may have very low numbers, but subpopulations need to be surveyed before this plant can be listed under criterion D. There is a severe pine infestation close to one of the known subpopulations posing a potential threat to this species. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Hex River Mountains and Stettynsberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Elgin Shale Fynbos, Western Coastal Shale Band Vegetation, Northern Inland Shale Band Vegetation |
Description | Shale soil on south-facing slopes below sandstone cliffs. |
Threats |
| This species is potentially threatened by pines at the Kaaimansgat population as there are heavy pine infestations very close to this location. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Tittmannia esterhuyseniae Powrie | VU D2 | 2012.1 | | Tittmannia esterhuyseniae Powrie | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Claßen-Bockhoff, R., Oliver, E.G.H., Hall, A.V. and Quint, M. 2011. A new classification of the South African endemic family Bruniaceae based on molecular and morphological data. Taxon 60(4):1138-1155.
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.
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. & Turner, R.C. 2007. Audouinia esterhuyseniae (Powrie) A.V.Hall. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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