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Scientific Name | Muraltia chamaepitys Chodat |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | POLYGALACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/03/29 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Two known locations are potentially threatened by alien plant invasion and too frequent fire. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Houwhoek and Kogelberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Elgin Shale Fynbos, Western Coastal Shale Band Vegetation |
Description | Shale-sandstone transitions, 600-915 m. |
Threats |
| One subpopulation is protected, but is potentially threatened by too frequent fire. Plants at a second location are potentially threatened by alien invasive plants spreading into the habitat. Much of the surrounding areas are transformed, particularly to forestry plantations, but also for agriculture, and some subpopulations may have been lost in the past, but currently decline is not ongoing. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
| One subpopulation is protected in the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Muraltia chamaepitys Chodat | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Muraltia chamaepitys Chodat | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Muraltia chamaepitys Chodat | Rare | 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.
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Citation |
| Turner, R.C. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Muraltia chamaepitys Chodat. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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