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Scientific Name | Marasmodes crewiana Magee & Ebrahim |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered C2a(ii); D |
Assessment Date | 2024/04/10 |
Assessor(s) | I. Ebrahim, L. von Staden & A.R. Magee |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Breede Shale Renosterveld, Breede Quartzite Fynbos |
Threats |
| Habitat loss, Invasive Alien Species (direct effects), Habitat degradation |
Population |
Plants occur in two small clumps, about 2.6 km apart, on two adjacent farms. One consists of about 20 plants, the second has 17 plants. They are considered to be a single subpopulation, but two locations, as they occur on two separate properties.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Marasmodes crewiana Magee & Ebrahim | CR C2a(ii); D | 2020.1 | | Marasmodes sp. nov. (Ebrahim CR3770 NBG) | CR C2a(ii); D | 2017.1 | |
Bibliography |
Magee, A., Ebrahim, I., Koopman, R. and von Staden, L. 2017. Marasmodes (Asteraceae, Anthemideae), the most threatened plant genus of the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa: Conservation and taxonomy. South African Journal of Botany 111:371-386.
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Citation |
| Ebrahim, I., von Staden, L. & Magee, A.R. 2024. Marasmodes crewiana Magee & Ebrahim. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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