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Scientific Name | Muraltia gillettiae Levyns |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | POLYGALACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2007/03/30 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO 240 km², AOO <240 km², habitat extent and quality at three known locations is declining due to alien plant invasion, vineyard and orchard expansion and livestock grazing. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Elandsberg near Elim. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Overberg Sandstone Fynbos, Elim Ferricrete Fynbos |
Description | Lowland fynbos, on low mountain slopes. |
Threats |
| Subpopulations on the Elandsberg and Koudeberg are threatened by competition from dense infestations of alien invasive plants, as well as ongoing habitat loss to protea cultivation. Habitat degradation due to heavy overgrazing is also a threat throughout this species' range. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Muraltia gillettiae Levyns | EN B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Muraltia gillettiae Levyns | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Muraltia gillettiae Levyns | 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.
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 gillettiae Levyns. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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