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Scientific Name | Asparagus hirsutus S.M.Burrows |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPARAGACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D1+2 |
Assessment Date | 2006/11/15 |
Assessor(s) | S.M. Burrows, J.E. Burrows, D. Raimondo & L. von Staden |
Justification | Extremely restricted range (EOO 6 km²) and known from a single location with 500-1000 mature individuals. Potentially threatened by mining. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo |
Range | Restricted to a hill above the Atok Platinum Mine at Monametse in Sekhukhuneland. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Sekhukhune Mountain Bushveld, Sekhukhune Plains Bushveld |
Description | Sekhukhune Mountain Bushveld. Plants grow in full sun on rocky north-west-facing hill slopes. |
Threats |
| The ridge where this species grows is at present undisturbed. However, there is a large platinum mine on the plains below and a new reservoir has recently been constructed above the population. This species is therefore not safe from the potential threat of habitat degradation/destruction. |
Population |
All collections of this species are known from a single hill slope about 2 km long. Along this hill there are many small groups of plants (about 20-30 in a group). The total population is c. 500 mature individuals, and it is highly unlikely that there are more than 1000 mature individuals of this species.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Asparagus hirsutus S.M.Burrows | VU D1+2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Burrows, S.M. and Burrows, J.E. 2008. Three new species of Asparagus (Asparagaceae) from South Africa, with some notes on other taxa. Bothalia 38(1):23-29.
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 |
| Burrows, S.M., Burrows, J.E., Raimondo, D. & von Staden, L. 2006. Asparagus hirsutus S.M.Burrows. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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