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Scientific Name | Metalasia confusa Pillans |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2005/11/23 |
Assessor(s) | D.A. Kamundi & J.E. Victor |
Justification | A range-restricted species. Most of its montane habitat is protected and it is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Kogelberg to Kleinmond. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Fynbos, mountain slopes and ridges, sometimes in moist, peaty soils. Altitude 500-1300 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Metalasia confusa Pillans | 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.
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 |
| Kamundi, D.A. & Victor, J.E. 2005. Metalasia confusa Pillans. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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