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Scientific Name | Osteospermum subulatum DC. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(i,ii,iii) |
Assessment Date | 2014/10/02 |
Assessor(s) | D. van der Colff |
Justification | EOO 2164 km², 10 locations, and declining due to habitat loss to coastal development and competition from alien invasive plants. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Agulhas Plain. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Overberg Dune Strandveld, Canca Limestone Fynbos, De Hoop Limestone Fynbos, Agulhas Limestone Fynbos |
Description | Limestone fynbos. |
Threats |
| Coastal subpopulations are declining due to ongoing habitat loss to coastal development, while some inland subpopulations have lost habitat to crop cultivation in the past. The majority of this species' remaining habitat is densely infested with unmanaged alien invasive plants, which are outcompeting native species. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Osteospermum subulatum DC. | VU B1ab(i,ii,iii) | 2015.1 | | Osteospermum subulatum DC. | Threatened | 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.
Norlindh, T. 1943. Studies in the Calenduleae. 1: Monograph of the genera Dimorphotheca, Castalis, Osteospermum, Gibbaria and Chrysanthemoides. Gleerup, Lund.
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 |
| van der Colff, D. 2014. Osteospermum subulatum DC. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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