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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 | Legogote Sour Bushveld, Barberton Serpentine Sourveld |
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 |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Macledium zeyheri (Sond.) S.Ortíz subsp. thyrsiflorum (Klatt) Netnou | VU D2 | 2017.1 | | Macledium zeyheri (Sond.) S.Ortíz subsp. thyrsiflorum (Klatt) Netnou | Threatened | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Netnou, N.C. 2001. A revision of the genera Dicoma Cass. and Macledium Cass. (Asteraceae, Mutisieae) in southern Africa. Unpublished M.Sc., Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg.
Netnou, N.C. and van Wyk, B.-E. 2003. A new combination in the genus Macledium (Mutiseae). Bothalia 33(2):158-159.
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 |
| von Staden, L. 2016. Macledium zeyheri (Sond.) S.Ortíz subsp. thyrsiflorum (Klatt) Netnou. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/07/05 |
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