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Scientific Name | Aspalathus cinerascens E.Mey. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2020/09/11 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden & A. Dayaram |
Justification | Aspalathus cinerascens is widespread and not declining. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | This species occurs on the Groot Winterhoek Mountains north of Uitenhage to the Fish River Valley near Peddie, and northwards to the Boschberg near Somerset East. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Fynbos |
Description | It grows in dry gravelly, sandy or rocky soil on hill slopes in grassy fynbos. |
Threats |
| Subpopulations on the coastal lowlands around Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage are threatened by habitat loss to urban and industrial development. This species is however also widespread and common in well-protected mountainous areas, where it is not threatened, and it is unlikely to decline to extinction. |
Population |
This species is common in suitable habitat, and most of the population is not threatened.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Aspalathus cinerascens E.Mey. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Dahlgren, R. 1968. Revision of the genus Aspalathus. II. The species with ericoid and pinoid leaflets. 6. The Aspalathus frankenioides, nivea, juniperina, rubens, and divaricata groups and some other groups. Opera Botanica 21:8-304.
Dahlgren, R. 1988. Crotalarieae (Aspalathus). In: O.A. Leistner (ed). Flora of southern Africa 16 Fabaceae, Part 3 Papilionoideae, Fascicle 6:1-430. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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.
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 |
| von Staden, L. & Dayaram, A. 2020. Aspalathus cinerascens E.Mey. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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