Strandharpuis

Taxonomy

Scientific Name

Euryops muirii C.A.Sm.

Higher Classification

Dicotyledons

Family

ASTERACEAE

Synonyms

Lysichlamys muirii (C.A.Sm.) Compton

Common Names

Strandharpuis (a)

National Status

Status and Criteria

Endangered B1ab(iii,iv,v)+2ab(iii,iv,v)

Assessment Date

2007/04/18

Assessor(s)

D. Raimondo & R.C. Turner

Justification

Occurs at three locations from a restricted area (EOO 126 kmÂ²). Declining as a result of severe infestations of Acacia cyclops. A fourth subpopulation was destroyed for a housing development.

Distribution

Endemism

South African endemic

Provincial distribution

Western Cape

Range

Stilbaai.

Habitat and Ecology

Major system

Terrestrial

Major habitats

Hartenbos Dune Thicket

Description

Limestone ridges.

Threats

Threatened by competition from alien invasive plants and ongoing habitat loss to coastal development.

Population

Population trend

Decreasing

Assessment History

Taxon assessed	Status and Criteria	Citation/Red List version
Euryops muirii C.A.Sm.	EN B1ab(iii,iv,v)+2ab(iii,iv,v)	Raimondo et al. (2009)
Euryops muirii C.A.Sm.	VU D2	Victor (2002)
Euryops muirii C.A.Sm.	Endangered	Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Euryops muirii C.A.Sm.	Endangered	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

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

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