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Scientific Name | Metalasia galpinii L.Bolus |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/07/21 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme, J.H. Vlok & A.L. Schutte-Vlok |
Justification | A rare, range-restricted endemic known from five locations in very close proximity to one another (EOO <150 km²). Potentially threatened by alien plant invasion and harvesting for the cut flower industry. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Langeberg, Garcia's Pass. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos, North Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | North-facing sandstone slopes, 350-750 m. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by competition from alien invasive plants. It is also an attractive species which is wild-harvested for the cut flower industry. There is no apparent decline in the population as yet, however, being very localized it could potentially decline if harvesting pressure increased. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Metalasia galpinii L.Bolus | 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.
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., Vlok, J.H. & Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2007. Metalasia galpinii L.Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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