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Scientific Name | Metalasia serrulata P.O.Karis |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2015/07/02 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted habitat specialist, occurring at three to five locations and potentially threatened by competition from alien invasive plants. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Groot Winterhoek and Witzenberg Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Winterhoek Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Lower rocky east-facing sandstone slopes, 800-850 m. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by competition from alien invasive plants at at least one known location (N.A. Helme pers. obs.). |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Metalasia serrulata P.O.Karis | VU D2 | 2015.1 | | Metalasia serrulata 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. & von Staden, L. 2015. Metalasia serrulata P.O.Karis. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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