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Scientific Name | Muraltia mixta (L.f.) DC. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | POLYGALACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2009/02/19 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | This species was frequently collected during the 1800s, but in a revision of Muraltia published in 1954 it was noted that it has become very rare. Last seen more than 50 years ago, this species is quite likely threatened, but its current status cannot be determined. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cape Peninsula. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Mountain slopes and summits in sandstone fynbos. |
Threats |
| In 1954 this species was already noted to have become very rare (Levyns 1954) and it has not been recorded since. Many subpopulations may have been lost to urban development and forestry plantations on the lower slopes of Table Mountain, but it could possibly still survive on some untransformed middle and upper slopes. Surveys are needed to try to locate remaining subpopulations. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Muraltia mixta (L.f.) DC. | Data Deficient | 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.
Helme, N.A. and Trinder-Smith, T.H. 2006. The endemic flora of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 72(2):205-210.
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 |
| Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2009. Muraltia mixta (L.f.) DC. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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