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Scientific Name | Brunia pentandra (Thunb.) Class.-Bockh. & E.G.H.Oliv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | BRUNIACEAE |
Synonyms | Lonchostoma obtusiflorum Wikstr., Lonchostoma pentandrum (Thunb.) Druce, Passerina pentandra Thunb. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2018/07/05 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Brunia pentandra has a restricted distribution range, with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 1170 km². It has no severe threats and is not suspected to be in danger of extinction. It is therefore listed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to the mountains of the Western Cape, South Africa, where it occurs from the Cederberg and Koue Bokkeveld to the Witsenberg Vlakte. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Winterhoek Sandstone Fynbos, Cederberg Sandstone Fynbos, Kouebokkeveld Shale Fynbos, Northern Inland Shale Band Vegetation |
Description | It is localized to marshes in montane fynbos. |
Threats |
| This species' habitat is well-protected and it has no severe threats. |
Population |
It is locally common in suitable habitat. The population is not suspected to be declining.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lonchostoma pentandrum (Thunb.) Druce | Least Concern | 2012.1 | | Lonchostoma pentandrum (Thunb.) Druce | Least Concern | 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.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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 |
| von Staden, L. 2018. Brunia pentandra (Thunb.) Class.-Bockh. & E.G.H.Oliv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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