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Scientific Name | Arrowsmithia deflexa (Hilliard & B.L.Burtt) N.G.Bergh |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Macowania deflexa Hilliard & B.L.Burtt |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2005/05/13 |
Assessor(s) | C.R. Scott-Shaw & J.E. Victor |
Justification | A range-restricted species (EOO 100 km²) known from two sites. This species has no recorded threats. It is therefore listed under the IUCN 3.1. criteria as Least Concern but is nationally recognised as Rare. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | This species is found in Tugela Gorge and Monk's Cowl Forest Station. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | uKhahlamba Basalt Grassland, Northern Drakensberg Highland Grassland |
Description | It occurs in montane grassland. |
Threats |
| This species has no known threats. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
| It is reserved in Royal Natal National Park and Monk's Cowl Forest Reserve. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Macowania deflexa Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Macowania deflexa Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | VU D2 | Victor (2002) | | Macowania deflexa Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | Lower Risk - Least Concern | Scott-Shaw (1999) | | Macowania deflexa Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Bentley, J., Verboom, G.A. and Bergh, N.G. 2017. Species?level phylogenetic analysis in the Relhania clade of “everlastings” and a new generic treatment of species previously assigned to Macowania and Arrowsmithia (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae). Taxon 66(6):1421–1438.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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.
Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.
Victor, J.E. 2002. South Africa. In: J.S. Golding (ed), Southern African plant Red Data Lists. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 14 (pp. 93-120), SABONET, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Scott-Shaw, C.R. & Victor, J.E. 2005. Arrowsmithia deflexa (Hilliard & B.L.Burtt) N.G.Bergh. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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