Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Muraltia spicata Bolus
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
POLYGALACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Vulnerable D2
Assessment Date
2007/03/30
Assessor(s)
R.C. Turner, F. Forest & D. Raimondo
Justification
One known location is potentially threatened by overgrazing and alien acacia invasion.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Mountains between Napier and Elim.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Elim Ferricrete Fynbos
Description
Low hills.
Threats
Potentially threatened by too frequent fire, overgrazing and competition from alien invasive plants.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Muraltia spicata BolusVU D2Raimondo et al. (2009)
Muraltia spicata BolusInsufficiently Known Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Muraltia spicata BolusUncertain Hall et al. (1980)
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.


Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.


Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.


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.


Citation
Turner, R.C., Forest, F. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Muraltia spicata Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13

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