Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Aspalathus latifolia Bolus
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
FABACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Vulnerable D2
Assessment Date
2006/07/10
Assessor(s)
N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo
Justification
Five known locations are potentially threatened by agriculture (orchard cultivation), alien plant invasions and afforestation.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Piketberg Mountain.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Piketberg Sandstone Fynbos
Description
Montane fynbos, 660-1330 m.
Threats
Habitat loss, Invasive Alien Species (direct effects)
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Aspalathus latifolia BolusVU D2Raimondo et al. (2009)
Aspalathus latifolia BolusInsufficiently Known Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Aspalathus latifolia BolusUncertain Hall et al. (1980)
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.


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
Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2006. Aspalathus latifolia Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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