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Scientific Name | Seriphium spirale (Less.) Koekemoer |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Stoebe filaginea (DC.) Sch.Bip., Stoebe spiralis Less., Stoebe spiralis Less. var. flavescens (DC.) Harv. |
Common Names | Slangbos (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2011/02/03 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | This species is widespread, common and not threatened. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | It is widespread across the mountains of the Western Cape, from the Koue Bokkeveld to Caledon and eastwards to the Outeniqua Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Plants grow in sandstone slopes and valleys. |
Population |
It is extremely common, often dominant in suitable habitat.
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Population trend | Stable |
Notes |
| PRECIS/POSA name Seriphium spirale (Less.) Koekemoer. (unpublished new combination, Koekemoer 2002). |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Stoebe spiralis Less. | Least Concern | 2011.1 | |
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.
Koekemoer, M. 2002. Systematics of the Metalasia group in the Relhaniinae (Asteraceae-Gnaphalieae). Unpublished PhD, Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg.
Koekemoer, M. 2016. A monograph of Stoebe and Seriphium (Gnaphalieae, Asteraceae) in southern Africa and neighbouring islands. Phytotaxa 242(1):1-84.
Levyns, M.R. 1937. A revision of Stoebe L. Journal of South African Botany 3:1-35.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2011. Seriphium spirale (Less.) Koekemoer. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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