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Scientific Name | Berzelia rubra Schltdl. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | BRUNIACEAE |
Synonyms | Berzelia squarrosa (Thunb.) Sond. var. reflexa Sond. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/05/25 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Known from four locations with an EOO <10 km². Potentially threatened by encroachment from invasive aliens pines and hakeas. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Kleinrivier Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Overberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Mainly seepage areas and stream banks. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by competition from invasive hakeas and pines in the Klein River Mountains. |
Population |
An extremely localized species, known from only one subpopulation.
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Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
| Protected in the adjacent Fernkloof and Maanskynkop Nature Reserves. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Berzelia rubra Schltdl. | VU D2 | 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. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Berzelia rubra Schltdl. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/31 |
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