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In 2010, as part of SANBI's Threatened Species Programme, 20 456 indigenous plant taxa was assessed and each given a conservation status. [2] This was the first time a megadiverse country had fully assessed the status of its entire flora; 13 265 of the assessed flora was endemic to South Africa. [2]
Agapanthus walshii has been classified as endangered by SANBI in the Red List of South African Plants due to its restricted range, loss of habitat due to encroaching informal settlements. [ 1 ] References
SANBI was established on 1 September 2004 in terms of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, No 10 of 2004. [3] Previously, in 1989, the autonomous statutory National Botanical Institute (NBI) had been formed from the National Botanic Gardens and the Botanical Research Institute, which had been founded in the early 20th century to study and conserve the South African flora.
While the species as a whole has not yet been assessed, [7] A. africanus subsp. walshii is considered to be endangered by the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI). It is known only from a small area in the Elgin valley (less than five locations) and the population continues to decline.
Species: A. mutabilis. ... it has been assessed as Least Concern by SANBI due to its widespread range and its preferred and isolated habitat of steep cliffs. [3]
To date over 340 indigenous plants have emerged from the seed bank, and 22 threatened plant species and 2 threatened amphibian species are present. [ 4 ] Cape Flats Sand Fynbos is particularly rich in Protea and Erica species, many of which are endemic to this vegetation type and occur nowhere else.
"Threatened Species Programme | SANBI Red List of South African Plants". redlist.sanbi.org "Paranomus bolusii (Overberg sceptre)". biodiversityexplorer ...
Least Concern (SANBI Red List) [1] Scientific classification; Kingdom: Plantae: Clade: ... Hemimeris sabulosa is a species of flowering plant in the figwort family.