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Scientific Name | Aspalathus tylodes Eckl. & Zeyh. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Aspalathus callosa L. b. brevifolia Benth., Paraspalathus fagonioides C.Presl |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2007/04/15 |
Assessor(s) | A.L. Schutte-Vlok & D. Raimondo |
Justification | This formerly common species is known from at least 22 locations through herbarium specimens. It was already locally extinct on the Cape Peninsula by 1998 and only six small, severely fragmented subpopulations remain in an EOO that has been reduced by >50% to 3500 km². Habitat and number of subpopulations continue to decline due to urban development, agriculture and alien plant invasions. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cape Flats to Albertinia. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Overberg Dune Strandveld, Albertinia Sand Fynbos, Agulhas Sand Fynbos, Cape Flats Sand Fynbos, Atlantis Sand Fynbos, Hartenbos Dune Thicket |
Description | Lowland marine flats and sandy areas below 400 m. |
Threats |
| This species is estimated to have already declined by more than 50% due to habitat loss to urban expansion and agriculture. Remaining subpopulations continue to be threatened by habitat loss and degradation due to agriculture and alien invasive plants. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Aspalathus tylodes Eckl. & Zeyh. | EN B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Dahlgren, R. 1966. Revision of the genus Aspalathus. II. The species with ericoid and pinoid leaflets. 5. The Aspalathus carnosa, aciphylla, pachyloba, arida, pinguis, spinosa and sanguinea groups and some other groups. Opera Botanica 11(1):7-266.
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 |
| Schutte-Vlok, A.L. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Aspalathus tylodes Eckl. & Zeyh. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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