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Scientific Name | Aspalathus polycephala E.Mey. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2019/04/02 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Aspalathus polycephala is a range-restricted, but locally common species. Most of its habitat is protected and it is therefore not suspected to be in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species occurs in the Cederberg and Nardous Mountains in the Western Cape. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | It occurs on rocky slopes in sandstone fynbos. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Aspalathus polycephala E.Mey. subsp. lanatifolia R.Dahlgren | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Aspalathus polycephala E.Mey. subsp. rigida (Schltr.) R.Dahlgren | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Aspalathus polycephala E.Mey. subsp. polycephala | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Dahlgren, R. 1960. Revision of the genus Aspalathus. I. The species with flat leaflets. Opera Botanica 4:7-393.
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.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2019. Aspalathus polycephala E.Mey. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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