Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Aspalathus myrtillifolia Benth.
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
FABACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Data Deficient - Insufficient Information
Assessment Date
2007/05/30
Assessor(s)
D. Raimondo & D.A. Kamundi
Justification
Known only from the type collection, made in the 1700s, without a precise locality. Possibly an aberrant form of Aspalathus marginata.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Range
Unknown.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Description
Unknown.
Population
Population trend
Unknown
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Aspalathus myrtillifolia Benth.Data Deficient 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.


Citation
Raimondo, D. & Kamundi, D.A. 2007. Aspalathus myrtillifolia Benth. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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