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Scientific Name | Muraltia aspalatha DC. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | POLYGALACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2007/09/14 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A Kogelberg endemic (EOO <500 km²). Most subpopulations fall within the boundaries of the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve and are not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Hottentots Holland Mountains to Betty's Bay. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Cape Winelands Shale Fynbos, Boland Granite Fynbos, Western Coastal Shale Band Vegetation |
Description | Fynbos, occurring on low to medium elevation slopes in sand or gravel. |
Threats |
| No threats: This species occurs in a protected area where it is safe from habitat loss to coastal development and alien invasive plants are being well managed. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
| Protected in the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Muraltia aspalatha DC. | Rare | 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.
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.
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. 2007. Muraltia aspalatha DC. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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