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Scientific Name | Berkheya rhapontica (DC.) Hutch. & Burtt Davy subsp. aristosa (DC.) Roessler |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/06/09 |
Assessor(s) | D. van der Colff |
Justification | This taxon is widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | It occurs in the Free State, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape Drakensberg escarpment, extending to the Amathole Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | East Griqualand Grassland, Drakensberg Foothill Moist Grassland, uKhahlamba Basalt Grassland, Southern Drakensberg Highland Grassland, Northern Drakensberg Highland Grassland, Amathole Montane Grassland, Drakensberg-Amathole Afromontane Fynbos, Amathole Mistbelt Grassland |
Description | It occurs on gentle slopes and streambanks in high altitude grassland, often among rocks. |
Population |
Plants occur in small, scattered colonies (Pooley 2003).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Berkheya rhapontica (DC.) Hutch. & Burtt Davy subsp. aristosa (DC.) Roessler var. exalata Roessler | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Berkheya rhapontica (DC.) Hutch. & Burtt Davy subsp. aristosa (DC.) Roessler var. aristosa | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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 Unpublished M.Sc., Rhodes University, Grahamstown.
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.
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 rhapontica (DC.) Hutch. & Burtt Davy subsp. aristosa (DC.) Roessler. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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