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Scientific Name | Muraltia rara Levyns |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | POLYGALACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2008/03/15 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo, D.A. Kamundi & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Known only from the type, collected in 1948. This species is possibly threatened by forestry, but not enough is known about the distribution, specific habitat or population status to determine its status. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Amathole Mountains, Keiskammahoek. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland |
Description | Montane grassland. |
Threats |
| Possibly threatened by habitat loss to forestry plantations. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Muraltia rara Levyns | Data Deficient | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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 |
| Raimondo, D., Kamundi, D.A. & Victor, J.E. 2008. Muraltia rara Levyns. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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