Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Muraltia carnosa E.Mey. ex Harv.
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
POLYGALACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Rare
Assessment Date
2006/08/01
Assessor(s)
F. Daniels, D. Raimondo & R.C. Turner
Justification
A range-restricted species (EOO<500 km²), known from four subpopulations. No known threats.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Eastern Cape, Western Cape
Range
Groot Swartberg Mountains.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Swartberg Altimontane Sandstone Fynbos, South Swartberg Sandstone Fynbos, North Swartberg Sandstone Fynbos
Description
Rocky slopes, 1220-1525m.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Muraltia carnosa E.Mey. ex Harv.Rare Raimondo et al. (2009)
Muraltia carnosa E.Mey. ex Harv.Insufficiently Known Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Muraltia carnosa E.Mey. ex Harv.Uncertain 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.


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.


Citation
Daniels, F., Raimondo, D. & Turner, R.C. 2006. Muraltia carnosa E.Mey. ex Harv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13

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