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Scientific Name | Brunia callunoides (Oliv.) Class.-Bockh. & E.G.H.Oliv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | BRUNIACEAE |
Synonyms | Berzelia callunoides Oliv., Mniothamnea callunoides (Oliv.) Nied., Mniothamnea micrantha Schltr. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/02/14 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Known from fewer than five locations and potentially threatened by invasive alien pines. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Langeberg Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos, North Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | South-facing, peaty seepages above 700 m. |
Threats |
| There are scattered pines on all south-facing slopes of the Langeberg. They are not being managed and present a future threat, particularly when considering climate change predictions where woody aliens are predicted to expand rapidly. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Mniothamnea callunoides (Oliv.) Nied. | VU D2 | 2012.1 | | Mniothamnea callunoides (Oliv.) Nied. | 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 |
| Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Brunia callunoides (Oliv.) Class.-Bockh. & E.G.H.Oliv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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