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Scientific Name | Brunia latebracteata A.V.Hall |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | BRUNIACEAE |
Synonyms | Berardia laevis E.Mey. ex Sond. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/02/27 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & R.C. Turner |
Justification | A highly range-restricted species (EOO <10 km²) known from two locations. Potentially threatened by alien pine invasions and frequent fire. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Riviersonderend Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | North Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Rocky upper mountain slopes. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by alien invasive pines on lower slopes spreading into the habitat as well as too frequent fire. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Nebelia laevis (E.Mey.) Kuntze | VU D2 | 2012.1 | | Nebelia laevis (E.Mey.) Kuntze | 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. Brunia latebracteata A.V.Hall. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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