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Scientific Name | Macledium zeyheri (Sond.) S.Ortíz subsp. thyrsiflorum (Klatt) Netnou |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Dicoma kirkii Harv. var. microcephala S.Moore, Dicoma thyrsiflora (Klatt) Thell., Dicoma zeyheri Sond. var. thyrsiflora Klatt |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2016/01/25 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted (EOO 355 km²) habitat specialist known from four locations and potentially threatened by habitat loss to mining and competition from alien invasive plants. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Mpumalanga |
Range | Barberton. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Barberton Serpentine Sourveld, Legogote Sour Bushveld |
Description | Serpentine outcrops in montane grassland and dry woodland. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by habitat loss to mining - there are many mining applications on mineral-rich serpentine soils in the Barberton district - as well as competition from alien invasive plants. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2016. Macledium zeyheri (Sond.) S.Ortíz subsp. thyrsiflorum (Klatt) Netnou. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2017.1. Accessed on 2019/12/06 |
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