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Scientific Name | Aspalathus marginalis Eckl. & Zeyh. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Achyronia marginalis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Kuntze, Trineuria marginalis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) C.Presl |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2009/07/13 |
Assessor(s) | D.A. Kamundi & L. von Staden |
Justification | A rare, range-restricted and poorly known species last collected in 1950. Known from only five collections, two from the Swartkops River Valley between Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage are likely to be extinct due to urban expansion. Locality descriptions on other collections from the Grahamstown area are too vague to make an assessment of its status. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Swartkops River Valley to Grahamstown. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Fynbos |
Description | Unknown, possibly hill slopes and flats in grassy fynbos. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Aspalathus marginalis Eckl. & Zeyh. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Dahlgren, R. 1968. Revision of the genus Aspalathus. II. The species with ericoid and pinoid leaflets. 6. The Aspalathus frankenioides, nivea, juniperina, rubens, and divaricata groups and some other groups. Opera Botanica 21:8-304.
Dahlgren, R. 1988. Crotalarieae (Aspalathus). In: O.A. Leistner (ed). Flora of southern Africa 16 Fabaceae, Part 3 Papilionoideae, Fascicle 6:1-430. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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.
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 |
| Kamundi, D.A. & von Staden, L. 2009. Aspalathus marginalis Eckl. & Zeyh. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/01 |
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