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Scientific Name | Muraltia obovata DC. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | POLYGALACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable C2a(i) |
Assessment Date | 2013/01/08 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme, D. Raimondo & L. von Staden |
Justification | Subpopulations are small and typically have fewer than 50 mature individuals. The total population is estimated to be no more than 5000 mature individuals. It is declining due to ongoing habitat loss to potato and rooibos tea cultivation as well as mining. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Brand-se-Baai to Saldanha. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Namaqualand Strandveld, Namaqualand Heuweltjie Strandveld, Klawer Sandy Shrubland, Namaqualand Heuweltjieveld, Saldanha Limestone Strandveld, Saldanha Flats Strandveld, Lambert's Bay Strandveld, Graafwater Sandstone Fynbos, Leipoldtville Sand Fynbos, Namaqualand Sand Fynbos |
Description | Sandy flats. |
Threats |
| Threatened by ongoing, rapid conversion of its habitat for potato and rooibos tea cultivation as well as open-cast mineral mining of coastal dunes. |
Population |
This is a sparsely distributed species with small, scattered subpopulations, typically consisting of fewer than 50 plants.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Muraltia obovata DC. | VU C2a(i) | 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.
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., Raimondo, D. & von Staden, L. 2013. Muraltia obovata DC. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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