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Scientific Name | Berzelia incurva Pillans |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | BRUNIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2007/04/10 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner |
Justification | EOO 80 km², known from nine locations. Severely threatened by encroachment from invasive alien pines and hakeas in the Babilonstoring Mountains, as well as in the Kleinrivier Mountains above Stanford. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Babilonstoring to Stanford. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Overberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Sandstone. |
Threats |
| This species is threatened by invasive pines and hakeas in the Babilonstoring Mountains, as well as in the Klein River Mountains above Stanford (R.C. Turner, pers. obs.). |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Conservation |
| Protected in the Fernkloof, Vogelgat and Babilonstoring Nature Reserves. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Berzelia incurva Pillans | VU B1ab(iii) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Pillans, N.S. 1947. A revision of Bruniaceae. Journal of South African Botany 13:121-206.
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 |
| Turner, R.C. 2007. Berzelia incurva Pillans. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/31 |
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