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Scientific Name | Osteospermum attenuatum Hilliard & B.L.Burtt |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2006/11/28 |
Assessor(s) | C.R. Scott-Shaw & J.E. Victor |
Justification | A Drakensberg endemic with a specialized habitat, known from five sites and not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape Drakensberg, between Underberg and Maclear. it also occurs at Ntsikeni. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Drakensberg Foothill Moist Grassland, uKhahlamba Basalt Grassland, Southern Drakensberg Highland Grassland |
Description | Moist places at high altitudes, 1675-2300 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Osteospermum attenuatum Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Osteospermum attenuatum Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | Lower Risk - Least Concern | Victor (2002) | | Osteospermum attenuatum Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | Lower Risk - Least Concern | Scott-Shaw (1999) | | Osteospermum attenuatum Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | Not Threatened | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hilliard, O.M. and Burtt, B.L. 1985. Notes on some plants of Southern Africa chiefly from Natal: XI. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 42(2):227-260.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Pooley, E. 2003. Mountain flowers: a field guide to the flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.
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.
Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.
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 |
| Scott-Shaw, C.R. & Victor, J.E. 2006. Osteospermum attenuatum Hilliard & B.L.Burtt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/21 |
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