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Scientific Name | Stoebe gomphrenoides (Lam.) P.J.Bergius |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Metalasia pulcherrima Eckl. ex Harv., Seriphium gomphrenoides Lam. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2011/06/24 |
Assessor(s) | N.G. Bergh, F. Daniels & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO 94 km², plants at three to five remaining locations continue to decline due to dense alien plant invasions and habitat loss to urban expansion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Malmesbury to Pella. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Swartland Silcrete Renosterveld, Atlantis Sand Fynbos |
Description | Lowland sand plain fynbos. |
Threats |
Most of this species' habitat is densely invaded by alien acacias, resulting in the complete outcompeting of native fynbos vegetation. It is only once invasive species are cleared that native vegetation can recover to some degree, but continued intensive management is required to prevent reinvasion, particularly from soil-stored seed banks. This species is also threatened by habitat loss to urban expansion around Malmesbury. |
Population |
Locally abundant in recently burnt veld, becoming rarer as vegetation matures.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | Metalasia pulcherrima Less | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | Stoebe gomphrenoides (Lam.) P.J.Bergius | EN B1ab(iii) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | Stoebe gomphrenoides (Lam.) P.J.Bergius | Vulnerable | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | Stoebe gomphrenoides (Lam.) P.J.Bergius | Vulnerable | Hall et al. (1980) | |
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.
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Koekemoer, M. 2002. Systematics of the Metalasia group in the Relhaniinae (Asteraceae-Gnaphalieae). Unpublished PhD, Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg.
Levyns, M.R. 1937. A revision of Stoebe L. Journal of South African Botany 3:1-35.
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.
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Citation |
Bergh, N.G., Daniels, F. & Raimondo, D. 2011. Stoebe gomphrenoides (Lam.) P.J.Bergius. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/02/11 |