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Scientific Name | Metalasia montana P.O.Karis |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2006/03/08 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO 900 km², known from four mountain summits, not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Stettynsberg and Wemmershoek Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Hawequas Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Sandstone plateau above 1500 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Metalasia montana P.O.Karis | Rare | 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. & Raimondo, D. 2006. Metalasia montana P.O.Karis. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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