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Scientific Name | Psoralea margaretiflora C.H.Stirton & V.R.Clark |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2019/11/10 |
Assessor(s) | V.R. Clark & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Psoralea margaretiflora is a range-restricted species, with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 2385 km². It is locally abundant on middle and lower slopes of the Sneeuberg Range. It is not threatened and is therefore listed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa, and is found in Kamdeboo, Toorberg, Koudeveld and Coetzeesberg mountains in the Sneeuberg Mountain Complex, Graaff-Reinet and Pearston districts. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Upper Karoo Hardeveld, Karoo Escarpment Grassland, Escarpment Mesic Thicket |
Description | It grows in rich turf soils and colluvium associated with dolerite on lower and middle slopes at Karoo Escarpment Grassland-Mountain Fynbos ecotones, as well as closed Otholobium macradenium shrubland. |
Threats |
| There are no known threats to Psoralea margaretiflora. |
Population |
This species occurs as large stands on lower and middle slopes of the Sneeuberg Mountain Range.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Psoralea margaretiflora C.H.Stirton & V.R.Clark | Least Concern | 2014.1 | |
Bibliography |
Bredenkamp, C. In prep. Conspectus of the flora of the Eastern cape. Strelitzia.
Stirton, C.H., Clark, V.R., Barker, N.P. and Muasya, A.M. 2011. Psoralea margaretiflora (Psoraleeae, Fabaceae): A new species from the Sneeuberg Centre of Floristic Endemism, Eastern Cape, South Africa. PhytoKeys 5:31-38.
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Citation |
| Clark, V.R. & Raimondo, D. 2019. Psoralea margaretiflora C.H.Stirton & V.R.Clark. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/10/06 |
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