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Scientific Name | Metalasia eburnea Bengtson & P.O.Karis |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2014/05/20 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo |
Justification | Plants at two known locations are potentially threatened by habitat loss to crop cultivation. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Little Karoo north of the Langeberg Range. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Montagu Shale Renosterveld, Breede Shale Fynbos, Breede Alluvium Fynbos |
Description | Shale renosterveld on lower north-facing slopes. |
Threats |
Potentially threatened by habitat loss to crop cultivation. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | Metalasia eburnea Bengtson & P.O.Karis | VU D2 | 2014.1 | |
Bibliography |
Bengtson, A., Anderberg, A. and Karis, P.O. 2013. Three new species of Metalasia (Asteraceae–Gnaphalieae) from the Western Cape and an updated key to the genus. South African Journal of Botany 84:72-82.
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Citation |
Raimondo, D. 2014. Metalasia eburnea Bengtson & P.O.Karis. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |