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Scientific Name | Euryops brevipes B.Nord. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2008/09/25 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo |
Justification | A habitat specialist known only from the type collection at Monk's Cowl collected in 1956 by E. Esterhuysen. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg Mountains, Cathkin Peak. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Drakensberg Afroalpine Heathland |
Description | Drakensberg Alpine Tundra, south-west facing rock ledges. 3000 m. |
Threats |
| No threats. The habitat of this species is very inacessible and protected within a reserve. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Euryops brevipes B.Nord. | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Euryops brevipes B.Nord. | VU D2 | Victor (2002) | | Euryops brevipes B.Nord. | Data Deficient | Scott-Shaw (1999) | | Euryops brevipes B.Nord. | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
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.
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 |
| Raimondo, D. 2008. Euryops brevipes B.Nord. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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