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Scientific Name | Aspalathus horizontalis (R.Dahlgren) R.Dahlgren |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Aspalathus divaricata Thunb. subsp. horizontalis R.Dahlgren |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered B2ab(iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2006/12/03 |
Assessor(s) | A.L. Schutte-Vlok & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO <900 km², AOO <1 km², three small, severely fragmented subpopulations remain in isolated remnants of natural vegetation, each no more than 10 ha in size. The habitat within these remnants is continuously being degraded by invasive alien species and a lack of fire. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Swartland between Moorreesburg, Malmesbury and the Elandsberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Swartland Granite Renosterveld, Swartland Silcrete Renosterveld, Swartland Alluvium Renosterveld, Atlantis Sand Fynbos, Swartland Alluvium Fynbos |
Description | Clay soils or in a thin layer of sand on clay. |
Threats |
| Invasive Alien Species (direct effects), Habitat loss, Habitat degradation |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Aspalathus horizontalis (R.Dahlgren) R.Dahlgren | CR B2ab(iii,v) | 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.
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 |
| Schutte-Vlok, A.L. & Raimondo, D. 2006. Aspalathus horizontalis (R.Dahlgren) R.Dahlgren. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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