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Scientific Name | Metalasia erectifolia Pillans |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened B1ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2011/06/10 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO 4 168 km², known from 13 locations and likely to occur at a few more. Declining due to invasive alien plants throughout its range and due to urban expansion around Mossel Bay and Struisbaai. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Agulhas to Mossel Bay. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Overberg Dune Strandveld, Canca Limestone Fynbos, De Hoop Limestone Fynbos, Agulhas Limestone Fynbos, Garden Route Granite Fynbos, Agulhas Sand Fynbos, Hartenbos Dune Thicket, Goukamma Dune Thicket |
Description | Limestone and shale hills in transitional areas with limestone, below 500 m. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss to urban expansion and coastal development is the most severe ongoing threat to this species. Crop cultivation has led to some habitat loss in the past, and alien invasive plants are also affecting this species' habitat in many areas. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Metalasia erectifolia Pillans | NT B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Metalasia erectifolia Pillans | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Metalasia erectifolia Pillans | Uncertain | Hall et al. (1980) | |
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.
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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.
Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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Citation |
| Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2011. Metalasia erectifolia Pillans. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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