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Scientific Name | Euryops dyeri Hutch. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2011/06/08 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A range-restricted species (EOO 263 km²) known from four locations with no recorded threats. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Amathole Mountains to the Katberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Amathole Mistbelt Grassland, Amathole Montane Grassland |
Description | Rocks in highland sourveld above 1 650 m. |
Threats |
| None of the four locations where this species has been collected have any threats. The only potential threat is too frequent fire, however this species appears to avoid fire by occurring on flat rocky areas. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Euryops dyeri Hutch. | Data Deficient | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
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Citation |
| Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2011. Euryops dyeri Hutch. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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