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Scientific Name | Metalasia bodkinii L.Bolus |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/10/01 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | This species was previously known from two collections made on the Caledon Swartberg, both in 1894. It was rediscovered there in 2007. It only occurs at high altitudes and is potentially threatened by encroachment from invasive alien pines and hakeas. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Caledon Swartberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Overberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Sandstone slopes, peaty soils on north-facing slopes, 700-900 m. |
Threats |
| The lower slopes of the Caledon Swartberg are densely invaded by alien invasive plants, but aliens have not yet spread into this species habitat, although scattered exotic pines occur nearby. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Metalasia bodkinii L.Bolus | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Metalasia bodkinii L.Bolus | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Metalasia bodkinii L.Bolus | Uncertain | Hall et al. (1980) | |
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.
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
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.
Rebelo, T. 2001. Conebushes. Protea Atlas Project: Interim distribution map: Cape edition 3 3:1-44.
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Citation |
| Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Metalasia bodkinii L.Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/14 |
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