Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Muraltia karroica Levyns
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
POLYGALACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Vulnerable B1ab(v)+2ab(v)
Assessment Date
2007/08/10
Assessor(s)
J.H. Vlok, A.L. Schutte-Vlok & D. Raimondo
Justification
EOO 1800 km², AOO < 1800 km², mature individuals of this palatable species are declining at five to 10 locations due to livestock and antelope grazing.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Klein Swartberg to Rooiberg.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
North Swartberg Sandstone Fynbos, North Rooiberg Sandstone Fynbos, Matjiesfontein Quartzite Fynbos
Description
Arid fynbos on rocky sandstone slopes, 760-1200 m.
Threats
Grazing by sheep (Levyns 1954; J. Vlok pers. obs.) - this species is heavily grazed and is declining.
Population
Population trend
Decreasing
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Muraltia karroica LevynsVU B1ab(v)+2ab(v)Raimondo et al. (2009)
Muraltia karroica LevynsIndeterminate Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Muraltia karroica LevynsIndeterminate 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.


Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.


Citation
Vlok, J.H., Schutte-Vlok, A.L. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Muraltia karroica Levyns. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13

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