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Scientific Name | Metalasia riparia T.M.Salter |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2005/11/25 |
Assessor(s) | D.A. Kamundi & J.E. Victor |
Justification | A range-restricted species that is not threatened. Large sections of its habitat is protected. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Sir Lowry's Pass, southwards to Betty's Bay and eastwards to Hermanus. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Overberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Stream banks, 0-300 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Metalasia riparia T.M.Salter | Least Concern | 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 |
| Kamundi, D.A. & Victor, J.E. 2005. Metalasia riparia T.M.Salter. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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