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Scientific Name | Myrovernix scaber (L.f.) Koekemoer |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Elytropappus scaber (L.f.) Druce |
Common Names | Slangbos (a), Slangbossie (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2011/01/26 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | This species is widespread and not declining. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | The distribution of this species ranges from Cederberg to the Cape Peninsula and eastwards to the Groot Swartberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Plants grow in sandstone slopes and plateaus. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Elytropappus scaber (L.f.) Druce | 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 Unpublished PhD, Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg.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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2011. Myrovernix scaber (L.f.) Koekemoer. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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