Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Euryops brevilobus Compton
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
ASTERACEAE
Synonyms
Euryops serra of other authors, not of DC., Hutch. (misapplied name)
National Status
Status and Criteria
Rare
Assessment Date
2007/04/17
Assessor(s)
R.C. Turner & D. Raimondo
Justification
Known from only five collections restricted to rocky slopes that are not threatened.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Cederberg to Swartruggens.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Swartruggens Quartzite Karoo
Description
Sandstone slopes.
Threats
No threats: much of this species' habitat is a protected wilderness area.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Conservation
Protected in the Cederberg Wilderness Area.
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Euryops brevilobus ComptonRare Raimondo et al. (2009)
Euryops brevilobus ComptonLower Risk - Least Concern Victor (2002)
Euryops brevilobus ComptonRare Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Euryops brevilobus ComptonRare 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.


Nordenstam, B. 1968. The genus Euryops. Part I. Taxonomy. Opera Botanica 20:7-409.


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. 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
Turner, R.C. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Euryops brevilobus Compton. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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