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Scientific Name | Eumorphia prostrata Bolus |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2019/04/10 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Eumorphia prostrata is a range-restricted endemic to high altitude Drakensberg grasslands, with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 5019 km². Most of its habitat is protected and it is not suspected to be in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | This species occurs from the southern KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg around Bushman's Nek to the Eastern Cape Drakensberg at Naude's Nek. It also occurs in adjacent areas in Lesotho. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Lesotho Highland Basalt Grassland, uKhahlamba Basalt Grassland |
Description | It occurs in seasonally wet places in montane grassland. |
Threats |
| Suitable habitat outside protected areas are grazed by livestock, and habitat degradation due to overgrazing is a potential threat to some subpopulations. Most of this species' habitat is however protected, and therefore this threat is not suspected to have a severe impact on the population. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Eumorphia prostrata Bolus | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Pooley, E. 2003. Mountain flowers: a field guide to the flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.
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 prostrata Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/01/18 |
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