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Scientific Name | Berkheya subulata Harv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/06/10 |
Assessor(s) | D. van der Colff |
Justification | Widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | Eastern escarpment of South Africa, also occurring in Zimbabwe. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Paulpietersburg Moist Grassland, Northern KwaZulu-Natal Moist Grassland, Long Tom Pass Montane Grassland, Northern Escarpment Quartzite Sourveld, Northern Escarpment Dolomite Grassland, Barberton Montane Grassland, Northern Zululand Mistbelt Grassland, Steenkampsberg Montane Grassland, Sekhukhune Montane Grassland |
Description | Rocky outcrops in grassland. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Berkheya subulata Harv. var. subulata | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Berkheya subulata Harv. var. wilmsiana Roessler | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Harvey, W.H. 1894. Compositae. In: W.H. Harvey and O.W. Sonder (eds). Flora Capensis III (Rubiaceae to Campanulaceae):44-530. L. Reeve & Co., Ltd., Ashford.
Hilliard, O.M. 1977. Compositae in Natal. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg.
Phaliso, N. 2013. A systematic study of Berkheya and allies (Compositae). Unpublished M.Sc., Rhodes University, Grahamstown.
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.
Retief, E. and Herman, P.P.J. 1997. Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: keys and diagnostic characters. Strelitzia 6. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Roessler, H. 1959. Revision der Arctotideae-Gorteriinae (Compositae). Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung München 3:71-500.
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Citation |
| van der Colff, D. 2015. Berkheya subulata Harv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/12/08 |
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