Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Aspalathus glossoides R.Dahlgren
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
FABACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Vulnerable D2
Assessment Date
2007/07/22
Assessor(s)
D. Raimondo & N.A. Helme
Justification
EOO 50 km², AOO <20 km², five known locations. At least 70% of this species' habitat has been transformed to fruit orchards, but over a period longer than three generations. There is no current decline, but further agricultural expansion remains a potential threat.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Piketberg Mountain.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Piketberg Sandstone Fynbos
Description
Sandy plateau in montane fynbos.
Threats
Seventy percent of its habitat in the past has been lost to the cultivation of fruit orchards.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Aspalathus glossoides R.DahlgrenVU D2Raimondo et al. (2009)
Aspalathus glossoides R.DahlgrenInsufficiently Known Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Aspalathus glossoides R.DahlgrenUncertain Hall et al. (1980)
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.


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.


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.


Citation
Raimondo, D. & Helme, N.A. 2007. Aspalathus glossoides R.Dahlgren. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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