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Scientific Name | Muraltia tenuifolia (Poir.) DC. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | POLYGALACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/09/13 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Three known locations are potentially threatened by alien pine invasion of the habitat. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Riviersonderend Mountains near Genadendal. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Rocky sandstone slopes in fynbos. |
Threats |
| Potentially threanted by competition from invasive alien pines. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Muraltia tenuifolia (Poir.) DC. | VU D2 | 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.
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 tenuifolia (Poir.) DC. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/14 |
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