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Scientific Name | Heliophila promontorii Marais |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Synonyms | Heliophila trifida of other authors, not of Thunb. (misapplied name) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/10/23 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo, N.A. Helme & D.A. Kamundi |
Justification | A minimum of 30% of subpopulations have gone extinct due to urban expansion on the Cape Flats. The remaining subpopulations are within the Table Mountain National Park, but occur in areas with invasive alien plants. Constant management by the South African National Parks staff has halted decline of habitat, but should this management stop, declines will resume. Extant at three, possibly four locations. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cape Peninsula. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos, Peninsula Granite Fynbos, Hangklip Sand Fynbos, Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
Description | Sand dunes or sandy flats. |
Threats |
| Urban expansion of the city of Cape Town has caused the loss of some subpopulations in the past, but remaining subpopulations are protected in the Table Mountain National Park, and habitat loss is therefore no longer a threat. Much of the Cape Peninsula was formerly severely invaded by alien invasive plants, but have been recently cleared. Ongoing management and clearing is however still needed to prevent reinvasions. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Heliophila promontorii Marais | VU D2 | 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.
Helme, N.A. and Trinder-Smith, T.H. 2006. The endemic flora of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 72(2):205-210.
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 |
| Raimondo, D., Helme, N.A. & Kamundi, D.A. 2007. Heliophila promontorii Marais. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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