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Scientific Name | Muraltia acerosa Harv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | POLYGALACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2013/01/25 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & L. von Staden |
Justification | EOO 1071 km², estimated to occur at fewer than 10 locations and declining due to ongoing habitat loss and degradation. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Swellendam to Heidelberg and the Breede River Mouth. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Swellendam Silcrete Fynbos |
Description | Lowland shale and stony flats. One record is possibly from high-altitude sandstone fynbos. |
Threats |
| Threatened by habitat loss to crop cultivation, urban expansion and competition from alien invasive plants - this species' extent of occurrence is already more than 65% transformed. |
Population |
A poorly known and very rarely recorded species, known from a few isolated localities within a small area in the eastern Overberg.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Muraltia acerosa Harv. | Least Concern | 2012.1 | | Muraltia acerosa Harv. | Least Concern | 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.
Harvey, W.H. 1859. Polygalaceae. In: W.H. Harvey and O.W. Sonder (eds). Flora Capensis I (Ranunculaceae-Connaraceae):79-113. Hodges, Smith and Co., Dublin.
Levyns, M.R. 1954. The genus Muraltia. Journal of South African Botany Supplement 2:1-247.
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. & von Staden, L. 2013. Muraltia acerosa Harv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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