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Scientific Name | Microdon capitatus (P.J.Bergius) Levyns |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Synonyms | Lippia ovata L., Microdon ovatus (L.) Choisy, Selago capitata P.J.Bergius, Selago ovata (L.) Aiton |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2007/05/02 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO <1300 km², known from fewer than five locations. Declining due to wheat, vineyard, and rooibos cultivation, coastal development and alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Clanwilliam to Cape Peninsula. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Swartland Granite Renosterveld, Hangklip Sand Fynbos, Cape Flats Sand Fynbos, Atlantis Sand Fynbos |
Description | Deep sands. |
Threats |
| Threatened by ongoing habitat loss to coastal development, agricultural expansion - particularly wheat and rooibos cultivation in the Sandveld - as well as competition from alien invasive plants, particularly in lowland sand fynbos around Darling, Mamre and Atlantis. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Microdon capitatus (P.J.Bergius) Levyns | EN B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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 |
| Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Microdon capitatus (P.J.Bergius) Levyns. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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