Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Oedera epaleacea Beyers
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
ASTERACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Critically Rare
Assessment Date
2007/05/28
Assessor(s)
D. Raimondo
Justification
A recently described species known from only one site and not threatened.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Swartruggens.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Swartruggens Quartzite Fynbos
Description
Arid fynbos growing in crevices between rock sheets.
Threats
No threats.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Oedera epaleacea BeyersCritically Rare Raimondo et al. (2009)
Bibliography

Beyers, J.B.P. 2001. Asteraceae - A new species of Oedera from Western Cape, South Africa. Bothalia 31(1):41-42.


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.


Citation
Raimondo, D. 2007. Oedera epaleacea Beyers. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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