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Scientific Name | Metalasia juniperoides Pillans |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(ii,iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2012/12/11 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & L. von Staden |
Justification | EOO 980 km², known from three to five locations and threatened by ongoing habitat loss to agricultural expansion and competition from alien invasive plants across the eastern part of its range. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Koue Bokkeveld, upper Olifants River Valley and Piketberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Piketberg Sandstone Fynbos, Cederberg Sandstone Fynbos, Olifants Sandstone Fynbos, Leipoldtville Sand Fynbos |
Description | Sandy and rocky flats and slopes. |
Threats |
| Threatened by extensive, ongoing habitat loss to agricultural expansion (mainly orchards) in the Olifants River Valley, as well as competition from alien invasive plants. Within this area, plants are very scarce and occur within small fragments. A large subpopulation consisting of tens of thousands of individuals on the Piketberg is not threatened (N.A. Helme pers. obs. 2010). |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Metalasia juniperoides Pillans | EN B1ab(ii,iii,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. & von Staden, L. 2012. Metalasia juniperoides Pillans. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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