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Scientific Name | Myrovernix longifolius (DC.) Koekemoer |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Elytropappus longifolius (DC.) Levyns |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2011/01/26 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A montane species that is not threatened. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species occurs from Cape Peninsula to Genadendal. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Plants grow in sandstone fynbos. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Notes |
| In an unpublished revision, this species is lumped together with three other taxa into one widespread species, Myrovernix muricata (Sprgl. ex Sch.Bip.) Koekemoer (Koekemoer 2002). Distribution in this assessment is according to Goldblatt and Manning (2000). |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Elytropappus longifolius (DC.) Levyns | Least Concern | 2011.1 | |
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.
Koekemoer, M. 2002. Systematics of the Metalasia group in the Relhaniinae (Asteraceae-Gnaphalieae). Unpublished PhD, Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg.
Koekemoer, M. 2019. Taxonomy and reclassification of South African Asteraceae genus Elytropappus (Gnaphalieae, Asteraceae), the description of two new genera and two new species. Phytotaxa 403(4):248-284.
Levyns, M.R. 1935. A revision of Elytropappus Cass. Journal of South African Botany 1:89-103.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2011. Myrovernix longifolius (DC.) Koekemoer. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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