Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Mairia petiolata Zinnecker-Wiegand
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
ASTERACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Critically Rare
Assessment Date
2012/11/07
Assessor(s)
L. von Staden
Justification
Known from a single peak in the Langeberg Mountains, but not threatened.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Langeberg Mountains near Swellendam.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
South Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos, North Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos
Description
Sandstone slopes above 1000 m.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Mairia petiolata Zinnecker-WiegandCritically Rare 2013.1
Mairia petiolata Zinnecker-WiegandCritically Rare 2013.1
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.


Zinnecker-Wiegand, U. 1990. Revision der Südafrikanischen Astereengattungen Mairia und Zyrphelis. Unpublished PhD, Ludwig Maximillians Universität, München.


Citation
von Staden, L. 2012. Mairia petiolata Zinnecker-Wiegand. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/30

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