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Scientific Name | Aspalathus incompta Thunb. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened B1ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2006/05/25 |
Assessor(s) | T. Nkonki, D. Raimondo & J.E. Victor |
Justification | EOO<5000 km², 13 locations remain after most of the habitat has been transformed by wheat cultivation. Declining at present due to alien plant invasions and livestock overgrazing of renosterveld fragments. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Riviersonderend to Potberg Reserve. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Clay soils in renosterveld associated with silcrete outcrops. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Aspalathus incompta Thunb. | NT B1ab(iii) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Aspalathus incompta Thunb. | Indeterminate | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
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.
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.
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Citation |
| Nkonki, T., Raimondo, D. & Victor, J.E. 2006. Aspalathus incompta Thunb. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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