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Post by Surroundx on Jun 6, 2017 17:27:21 GMT 1
"The species was described in 1924 from plants collected near Hermanus and introduced into cultivation at Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden. However, no wild populations were recorded for a long time until subpopulations were located in the Macassar-Strand area on the eastern edge of False Bay (E. van Jaarsveld pers. comm. 2012). These subpopulations were however all lost to urban expansion soon afterwards, and plants from the last remaining subpopulation were relocated to a nearby military base, where they survived the translocation (Van Jaarsveld 2001), however, it is not known whether this subpopulation still survives. After the loss of the Macassar subpopulations, several searches of dunes around Hermanus were made for other remaining subpopulations, however, these were unsuccessful (E. van Jaarsveld pers. comm. 2012). The Hermanus area has also seen extensive expansion of coastal development, and transformation and degradation of coastal dune habitats. There are, however, still some remaining dune systems to the east of Hermanus, where wild subpopulations could still be found, and searches of this area is needed. Plants are still maintained in cultivation at Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, however, if no further wild populations can be found, this species is likely to be Extinct in the Wild." Source: redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=196-6
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