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Scientific Name | Athanasia imbricata Harv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) |
Assessment Date | 2012/12/20 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme, D. Raimondo & L. von Staden |
Justification | Known only from the type, collected in 1865, but without precise locality details. Repeated searches in the area have failed to relocate this species, and very little of its presumed habitat remains. It is possibly extinct. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Foothills of the Riviersonderend Mountains between Stormsvlei and the Breede River. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Breede Shale Renosterveld |
Description | Dry mountain slopes. |
Threats |
| This species is possibly extinct due to habitat loss to crop cultivation. The area where it was recorded is extensively cultivated, and very little potential habitat remains. Most remaining fragments have been surveyed unsuccessfully (N.A. Helme pers. comm. 2012). |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Athanasia imbricata Harv. | Data Deficient | 2012.1 | | Athanasia imbricata Harv. | Data Deficient | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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.
Källersjo, M. 1991. The genus Athanasia (Compositae - Anthemideae). Opera Botanica 106:1-75.
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. & von Staden, L. 2012. Athanasia imbricata Harv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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