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Scientific Name | Brunia monostyla (Pillans) Class.-Bockh. & E.G.H.Oliv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | BRUNIACEAE |
Synonyms | Pseudobaeckea cordata var. monostyla Pillans |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/05/18 |
Assessor(s) | D. van der Colff |
Justification | Brunia monostyla is a rare species with a restricted distribution range, and has an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 3913 km². Its habitat is well-protected and it has no severe threats. It is not suspected to be in danger of extinction, and 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 upper Olifants River Valley to Ceres and the mountains around Worcester. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Winterhoek Sandstone Fynbos, Olifants Sandstone Fynbos, South Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos, North Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos, Hawequas Sandstone Fynbos, Swartruggens Quartzite Fynbos |
Description | It occurs along stream sides and in valleys in mountain fynbos. |
Threats |
| Brunia monostyla has no severe threats. |
Population |
This is a rare and localized habitat specialist, known from a few, scattered subpopulations.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Brunia monostyla (Pillans) Class.-Bockh. & E.G.H.Oliv. | Least Concern | 2015.1 | |
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.
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.
Sonder, W. 1861. Bruniaceae. In: W.H. Harvey and O.W. Sonder (eds). Flora Capensis II (Leguminosae to Loranthaceae):309-324. Hodges, Smith and Co., Dublin.
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Citation |
| van der Colff, D. 2015. Brunia monostyla (Pillans) Class.-Bockh. & E.G.H.Oliv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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