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Scientific Name | Phymaspermum peglerae (Hutch.) Källersjö |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Brachymeris peglerae Hutch. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) |
Assessment Date | 2017/01/26 |
Assessor(s) | D.A. Kamundi, D. Raimondo & L. von Staden |
Justification | A very poorly known species last recorded in 1910. It is possibly extinct due to habitat loss to urban expansion, but field surveys are needed to confirm this. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Banks of the Mthatha River near Mthatha, Eastern Cape. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Mthatha Moist Grassland |
Description | Unknown. |
Threats |
| The population at the type locality is very likely lost to urban expansion around Mthatha. |
Population |
This species is known from only two collections, dating from 1896 and 1910. No natural habitat remains in the area where it was last recorded, but thorough surveys of potential suitable habitat has not yet been done. The status and trends of the population is not known, and it is suspected that it may be extinct.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Phymaspermum peglerae (Hutch.) Källersjö | CR PE | 2017.1 | | Phymaspermum peglerae (Hutch.) Källersjö | Data Deficient | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Källersjo, M. 1985. Fruit structure and generic delimitation of Athanasia (Asteraceae-Anthemideae) and related South African genera. Nordic Journal of Botany 5:527-542.
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.
Ruiters, A.K., Tilney, P.M., Van Wyk, B.E. and Magee, A.R. 2016. Taxonomy of the Genus Phymaspermum (Asteraceae, Anthemideae). Systematic Botany 41(2):430-456.
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Citation |
| Kamundi, D.A., Raimondo, D. & von Staden, L. 2017. Phymaspermum peglerae (Hutch.) Källersjö. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/02 |
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