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Scientific Name | Calotesta alba P.O.Karis |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Rare |
Assessment Date | 2017/04/11 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | This extremely range-restricted (EOO < 6 km²), high altitude mountain endemic is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Klein Swartberg Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Swartberg Altimontane Sandstone Fynbos, South Swartberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Steep, south-facing sandstone cliffs and ledges, 1 800-2 000 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | Calotesta alba P.O.Karis | Critically Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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.
Karis, P.O. 1990. Three new genera of the Asteraceae-Gnaphalieae from the Cape region. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 102:23-36.
Koekemoer, M. 2002. Systematics of the Metalasia group in the Relhaniinae (Asteraceae-Gnaphalieae). Unpublished PhD, Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg.
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 |
Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2017. Calotesta alba P.O.Karis. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/02/11 |