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Scientific Name | Selago cryptadenia Hilliard |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2018/10/01 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted species (EOO 2168 km²), known from fewer than 10 locations and declining due to ongoing habitat loss. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Pakhuis Pass to the northern Swartland. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Swartland Shale Renosterveld, Citrusdal Shale Renosterveld, Piketberg Sandstone Fynbos, Olifants Sandstone Fynbos, Graafwater Sandstone Fynbos, Northern Inland Shale Band Vegetation |
Description | Lower slopes, often ecotonal areas between shale and sandstone. |
Threats |
| This species has lost nearly 30% of its habitat to crop cultivation in the Swartland and Olifants River Valley, and loss continues. |
Population |
This species is known from only a few collections, and recent observations are scarce. It is a localized habitat specialist. Subpopulations in the Swartland occur on isolated remnants of natural vegetation.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Selago cryptadenia Hilliard | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Hilliard, O.M. 1999. The tribe Selagineae (Scrophulariaceae). Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh/Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh/Kew.
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.
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. Selago cryptadenia Hilliard. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2020.1. Accessed on 2023/12/03 |
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