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Scientific Name | Metalasia pulchella (Cass.) P.O.Karis |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Metalasia caespitosa Levyns |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2009/05/25 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | EOO 244 km², AOO <64 km², 10-15 remaining locations, continuing decline on lower slopes outside protected areas due to urban expansion, alien plant invasion and too frequent fire. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cape Peninsula and Cape Flats. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos, Peninsula Granite Fynbos |
Description | Fynbos, slopes and flats, 100-200 m. |
Threats |
| Although a large proportion of this species' habitat is protected in the Cape Point section of the Table Mountain National Park, it occurs on lower slopes where it is declining due to urban expansion, alien invasion and too frequent fire elsewhere on the Cape Peninsula. Localities on the Cape Flats such as Kenilworth and southeast of the Bottelary Hills are locally extinct due to urban development and agriculture. The habitat of this species is ± 26% transformed. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Metalasia pulchella (Cass.) P.O.Karis | Threatened | 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 |
| von Staden, L. 2009. Metalasia pulchella (Cass.) P.O.Karis. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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