Arrowsmithia hamata

Taxonomy

Scientific Name

Arrowsmithia hamata (Hilliard & B.L.Burtt) N.G.Bergh

Higher Classification

Dicotyledons

Family

ASTERACEAE

Synonyms

Macowania hamata 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

This species is known from five sites but suspected to occur at a few more. It is not threatened. 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

It occurs in Garden Castle Nature Reserve.

Habitat and Ecology

Major system

Terrestrial

Major habitats

uKhahlamba Basalt Grassland

Description

Plants grow in montane grassland near streams.

Threats

It has no known threats.

Population

Population trend

Stable

Conservation

Collected in a nature reserve.

Assessment History

Taxon assessed	Status and Criteria	Citation/Red List version
Macowania hamata Hilliard & B.L.Burtt	Rare	Raimondo et al. (2009)
Macowania hamata Hilliard & B.L.Burtt	VU D2	Victor (2002)
Macowania hamata Hilliard & B.L.Burtt	Lower Risk - Least Concern	Scott-Shaw (1999)
Macowania hamata Hilliard & B.L.Burtt	Rare	Hilton-Taylor (1996)

Bibliography

Bentley, J., Verboom, G.A. and Bergh, N.G. 2017. Species?level phylogenetic analysis in the Relhania clade of â��everlastingsâ�� and a new generic treatment of species previously assigned to Macowania and Arrowsmithia (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae). Taxon 66(6):1421â��1438.

Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Pooley, E. 2003. Mountain flowers: a field guide to the flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.

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.

Citation

Scott-Shaw, C.R. & Victor, J.E. 2005. Arrowsmithia hamata (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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