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Scientific Name | Amphiglossa callunoides DC. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2008/03/25 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo, N.G. Bergh, A.P. Dold & M. Koekemoer |
Justification | EOO 5 000 km², recorded from five locations, but suspected to occur at another five undiscovered locations. Plants at at least one location are declining as a result of gravel mining. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Uitenhage and Baviaanskloof. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Kouga Grassy Sandstone Fynbos, Kouga Sandstone Fynbos, Albany Alluvial Vegetation, Sundays Mesic Thicket, Baviaans Valley Thicket |
Description | Sandy pebble covered river banks, common along the rivers where round white boulders occur. |
Threats |
| Gravel mining is a severe ongoing threat at the Swartkops River. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Amphiglossa callunoides DC. | VU B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Amphiglossa callunoides DC. | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Amphiglossa callunoides DC. | 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.
Koekemoer, M. 1999. The genus Amphiglossa (Gnaphalieae, Relhaniinae, Asteraceae) in southern Africa. Bothalia 29(1):65-75.
Phillipson, P.B. 1995. What is the Albany hot-spot? The Naturalist 39:14-19.
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.
Victor, J.E. and Dold, A.P. 2003. Threatened plants of the Albany Centre of Floristic Endemism, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 99:437-446.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D., Bergh, N.G., Dold, A.P. & Koekemoer, M. 2008. Amphiglossa callunoides DC. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/19 |
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