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Scientific Name | Eumorphia corymbosa E.Phillips |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2019/04/10 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Eumorphia corymbosa is a rare, range-restricted species with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 300 km². Most of its habitat is protected and it is not suspected to be threatened. It is therefore listed under the IUCN 3.1 Criteria, globally, as Least Concern but is nationally categorised as Rare. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to the Nuweveld Mountains near Beaufort West in the Western Cape, South Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Upper Karoo Hardeveld |
Description | It occurs in seasonally wet soils along rivers and in marshy habitats. |
Threats |
| Eumorphia corymbosa has no severe threats. |
Population |
There is no information available on the population of this species.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Eumorphia corymbosa E.Phillips | Rare | 2020.1 | | Eumorphia corymbosa E.Phillips | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Magee, A.R. and Boatwright, J.S. (eds). In prep. Plants of the Karoo: A Conspectus of the Nama-Karoo and Adjacent Summer-Rainfall Regions of the Northern and Western Cape Provinces. Strelitzia.
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.
Swelankomo, N. 2011. FSA contributions 19: Asteraceae: Anthemideae: Eumorphia. Bothalia 41(2):277-282.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2019. Eumorphia corymbosa E.Phillips. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/01/18 |
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