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Scientific Name | Aspalathus joubertiana Eckl. & Zeyh. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered A2ac; B1ab(iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2006/12/03 |
Assessor(s) | A.L. Schutte-Vlok & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A population reduction of > 50 % is estimated based on habitat loss to agriculture in the past 60 years (a long-lived resprouter, generation length at least 30 years). EOO < 1900 km², six severely fragmented subpopulations remain, where the number of mature individuals are declining due to too infrequent fire. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Napier to Potberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Eastern Ruens Shale Renosterveld, Central Ruens Shale Renosterveld, Potberg Ferricrete Fynbos, Swellendam Silcrete Fynbos |
Description | Mixed fynbos-renosterveld scrub, in clay soil at low altitude. |
Threats |
| Agriculture was a severe past threat - over 50% of this species' habitat was transformed in the past 70 years (less than three generations of this resprouting species).
Lack of fire due to fragmentation is a severe threat to all Aspalathus species, as they require fire to recruit. All remaining locations for this species are highly isolated small fragments that landowners do not burn (D. Raimondo pers. obs. 2006). |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Aspalathus joubertiana Eckl. & Zeyh. | EN A2ac; B1ab(iii,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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.
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 joubertiana Eckl. & Zeyh. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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