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Scientific Name | Cephalaria scabra (L.f.) Roem. & Schult. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | DIPSACACEAE |
Synonyms | Scabiosa scabra L.f. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2015/04/18 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden & N.A. Helme |
Justification | EOO 4008 km², plants at six known locations continue to decline due to ongoing habitat loss and competition from alien invasive plants. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Groot Winterhoek Mountains to the Hex River Mountains, and southwards to the Palmiet River Valley and Riviersonderend Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Greyton Shale Fynbos, Elgin Shale Fynbos, Breede Shale Fynbos |
Description | Shale fynbos on moist lower slopes. |
Threats |
| Threatened by ongoing habitat loss to expanding vineyards and fruit orchards at all known locations. Some sites are also becoming encroached with alien invasive plants. |
Population |
A rarely collected and poorly known species.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cephalaria scabra (L.f.) Roem. & Schult. | VU B1ab(iii,v) | 2015.1 | | Cephalaria scabra (L.f.) Roem. & Schult. | Least Concern | 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.
Manning, J.C., Goldblatt, P. and Johns, A. 2014. A taxonomic review of Cephalaria (Dipsacaceae) in the Cape Floristic Region. South African Journal of Botany 94:195-203.
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. & Helme, N.A. 2015. Cephalaria scabra (L.f.) Roem. & Schult. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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