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Scientific Name | Metalasia rhoderoides T.M.Salter |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2012/12/11 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & L. von Staden |
Justification | A localized species (EOO 80 km²), occurring at five locations and potentially threatened by increasing alien invasive plants across its range. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Limietberg and Slanghoek mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Hawequas Sandstone Fynbos, Western Coastal Shale Band Vegetation |
Description | Steep upper slopes, moist cliffs and streamsides. |
Threats |
| Much of this species' habitat is infested by alien invasive hakeas, which is becoming dense in places. Urgent clearing is required to prevent this localized species from declining. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Metalasia rhoderoides T.M.Salter | Rare | 2012.1 | | Metalasia rhoderoides T.M.Salter | 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. & von Staden, L. 2012. Metalasia rhoderoides T.M.Salter. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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