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Scientific Name | Euryops mirus B.Nord. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v); C2a(i) |
Assessment Date | 2013/01/24 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo, E. Marinus, N.A. Helme, J.H. Vlok & L. von Staden |
Justification | Restricted to a 51 km² area on the Bokkeveld Escarpment. This long-lived resprouter (generation length at least 50 years) has lost at least 30% of its habitat to crop cultivation. Currently, three small subpopulations remain, consisting of fewer than 250 mature individuals, and threatened by overgrazing. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Bokkeveld Plateau. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Nieuwoudtville Shale Renosterveld, Bokkeveld Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Transition soil between sandstone and tillite clays, on flat ground. This species also occurs on dolerite soils. |
Threats |
| This species has lost at least 30% of its habitat to wheat cultivation, resulting in the fragmentation and isolation of small subpopulations. Remaining subpopulations are threatened by grazing. |
Population |
All subpopulations are highly localized and typically consist of fewer than 250 plants.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Euryops mirus B.Nord. | CR B1ab(iii,v) | 2012.1 | | Euryops mirus B.Nord. | CR A2bc; B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Euryops mirus B.Nord. | VU D2 | Victor (2002) | | Euryops mirus B.Nord. | Vulnerable | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Euryops mirus B.Nord. | Uncertain | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
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 |
| Raimondo, D., Marinus, E., Helme, N.A., Vlok, J.H. & von Staden, L. 2013. Euryops mirus B.Nord. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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