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Scientific Name | Muraltia bolusii Levyns |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | POLYGALACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(ii,iii,v)+2ab(ii,iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2007/09/14 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO 97 km², AOO <97 km², less than five known locations continue to decline due to habitat loss to coastal development, alien plant invasion, crop cultivation and sand mining. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Kleinmond to Hermanus. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Overberg Sandstone Fynbos, Agulhas Limestone Fynbos, Hangklip Sand Fynbos |
Description | Sandy coastal flats. |
Threats |
| Threatened by ongoing habitat loss to urban expansion around Kleinmond, Hawston and Onrus, as well as protea farming elsewhere within its range. Competition from alien invasive plants and habitat loss to sand mining is also affecting some parts of this species' remaining habitat. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Muraltia bolusii Levyns | EN B1ab(ii,iii,v)+2ab(ii,iii,v) | 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.
Levyns, M.R. 1954. The genus Muraltia. Journal of South African Botany Supplement 2:1-247.
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. 2007. Muraltia bolusii Levyns. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/24 |
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