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Taxonomy

Scientific Name

Aspalathus ramosissima R.Dahlgren

Higher Classification

Dicotyledons

Family

FABACEAE

National Status

Status and Criteria

Rare

Assessment Date

2006/05/22

Assessor(s)

N.A. Helme, J.H. Vlok & D. Raimondo

Justification

A high alpine habitat specialist known from three collection records. It not suspected to be declining. It is therefore listed under the IUCN 3.1. criteria as Least Concern but is nationally recognised as Rare.

Distribution

Endemism

South African endemic

Provincial distribution

Western Cape

Range

It occurs in Groot Swartberg Mountains.

Habitat and Ecology

Major system

Terrestrial

Major habitats

North Swartberg Sandstone Fynbos

Description

Plants grow in rocky outcrops on montane fynbos, 1300-1700 m.

Population

Population trend

Stable

Assessment History

Taxon assessed	Status and Criteria	Citation/Red List version
Aspalathus ramosissima R.Dahlgren	Rare	Raimondo et al. (2009)
Aspalathus ramosissima R.Dahlgren	Insufficiently Known	Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Aspalathus ramosissima R.Dahlgren	Uncertain	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.

Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.

Citation

Helme, N.A., Vlok, J.H. & Raimondo, D. 2006. Aspalathus ramosissima R.Dahlgren. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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