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Scientific Name | Muraltia langebergensis Levyns |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | POLYGALACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2007/09/15 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A range-restricted (EOO 30 km²), high altitude habitat specialist that is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Langeberg Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Fynbos, on rocky sandstone slopes above 1500 m. |
Threats |
| No threats. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
| Protected in the Boosmansbos Wilderness area. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Muraltia langebergensis Levyns | Rare | 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.
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.
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Citation |
| Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Muraltia langebergensis Levyns. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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