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Scientific Name | Zyrphelis spathulata Zinnecker-Wiegand |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2012/11/08 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & L. von Staden |
Justification | EOO 430 km², known from fewer than 10 locations and declining due to competition from unmanaged alien invasive plants. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Babilonstoring, Kleinrivier and Bredasdorp mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Overberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Rocky sandstone slopes. |
Threats |
| Threatened at at least two locations by competition from alien invasive plants. |
Population |
An apparently rare and very poorly known species, last recorded in 1974. Scattered occurrences have been recorded across the lower coastal mountains between Bot River and Bredasdorp, and it is possibly overlooked.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Zyrphelis sp. nov. (Barker 10860 NBG) | VU D2 | 2012.1 | | Zyrphelis sp. nov. (Barker 10860 NBG) | VU D2 | 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.
Ortiz, S. and Zinnecker-Wiegand, U. 2011. Valid publication of names in Astereae originally proposed in 1990 in a University of Munich dissertation. Taxon 60(4):1194-1198.
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.
Zinnecker-Wiegand, U. 1990. Revision der Südafrikanischen Astereengattungen Mairia und Zyrphelis. Unpublished PhD, Ludwig Maximillians Universität, München.
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Citation |
| Helme, N.A. & von Staden, L. 2012. Zyrphelis spathulata Zinnecker-Wiegand. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/01/18 |
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