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Scientific Name | Metalasia seriphiifolia DC. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Metalasia cephalotes DC. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2006/06/12 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme |
Justification | Known from three locations and potentially threatened by urban expansion and alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Kleinrivier Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Overberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Lower sandstone slopes, 50-100 m. |
Threats |
| Invasive Alien Species (direct effects), Habitat loss |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Metalasia seriphiifolia DC. | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Metalasia seriphiifolia DC. | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
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.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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. 2006. Metalasia seriphiifolia DC. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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