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Scientific Name | Dasispermum perennans Magee & B.-E.van Wyk |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2012/02/03 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden & N.A. Helme |
Justification | A highly localized habitat specialist and Cape Peninsula endemic (EOO 6 km²), known from fewer than five locations and declining due to habitat loss to urban expansion and alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Western Cape Peninsula, Hout Bay to Kommetjie. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Cape Flats Dune Strandveld, Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos, Peninsula Granite Fynbos, Hangklip Sand Fynbos |
Description | Deep, sandy coastal flats and dunes and lower slopes. |
Threats |
| Threatened by urban expansion, coastal development and alien plant invasion. Sandy coastal flats are an extremely restricted habitat on the western Cape Peninsula, and most of the northern parts of this species' range is already lost to urban expansion of Hout Bay and Noordhoek. Remaining areas of suitable habitat are largely protected within the Table Mountain National Park but are infested by alien invasive plants requiring continuing intensive management. |
Population |
A rare and highly localized species known from only one subpopulation at present, but a few others are likely to remain. More surveys are required to define the population size and structure.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Dasispermum perennans Magee & B.-E.van Wyk | EN B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) | 2012.1 | |
Bibliography |
Magee, A.R., Van Wyk, B.E., Tilney, P.M. and Downie, S.R. 2010. A taxonomic revision of the South African endemic genus Dasispermum (Apiaceae, Apioideae). South African Journal of Botany 76(2):308-323.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. & Helme, N.A. 2012. Dasispermum perennans Magee & B.-E.van Wyk. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/16 |
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