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Scientific Name | Euryops decipiens Schltr. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2012/11/15 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & L. von Staden |
Justification | EOO 3 km², plants at one known location are declining due to competition from alien invasive plants. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Information redacted, contact SANBI |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Hawequas Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Steep, moist, sandstone slopes, 420-1300 m. |
Threats |
| Threatened by severe, unmanaged infestations of alien invasive hakeas. |
Population |
Locally abundant within a single kloof, where there are at least 5000 plants.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Euryops decipiens Schltr. | VU D2 | 2012.1 | | Euryops decipiens Schltr. | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Euryops decipiens Schltr. | VU D2 | Victor (2002) | | Euryops decipiens Schltr. | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Euryops decipiens Schltr. | Rare | 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.
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Citation |
| Helme, N.A. & von Staden, L. 2012. Euryops decipiens Schltr. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2024.1. Accessed on 2026/08/29 |
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