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Scientific Name | Metalasia adunca Less. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2023/08/29 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme |
Justification | Declining throughout its range as it occurs on sand flats that are transformed primarily for agriculture but also in some areas for urban development and mining. EOO 17 500 km², of the 18 recoded locations five have been lost to urban expansion and crop cultivation. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Hondeklipbaai to Cape Flats. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Atlantis Sand Fynbos, Leipoldtville Sand Fynbos, Namaqualand Sand Fynbos, Breede Alluvium Fynbos |
Description | Lowland acid sand flats. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Metalasia adunca Less. | NT B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) | 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.
Karis, P.O. 1989. Systematics of the genus Metalasia (Asteraceae - Gnaphalieae). Opera Botanica 99:1-150.
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 |
| Helme, N.A. 2023. Metalasia adunca Less. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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