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Scientific Name | Aspalathus recurva Benth. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Achyronia recurva (Benth.) Kuntze |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2006/07/11 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO 5300 km², 10 known locations are declining as a result of expanding agriculture (vineyards and deciduous fruit cultivation), urban expansion and alien plant invasions. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Piketberg to Swellendam. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Breede Alluvium Renosterveld, Breede Alluvium Fynbos, Swartland Alluvium Fynbos, Lourensford Alluvium Fynbos, Atlantis Sand Fynbos, Cape Flats Sand Fynbos, Breede Sand Fynbos, Cape Lowland Alluvial Vegetation, Elgin Shale Fynbos, Saldanha Granite Strandveld, Swartland Alluvium Renosterveld, Swartland Silcrete Renosterveld, Western Ruens Shale Renosterveld, Eastern Ruens Shale Renosterveld, Montagu Shale Renosterveld, Breede Shale Renosterveld, Swartland Shale Renosterveld, Cape Winelands Shale Fynbos |
Description | Renosterveld-fynbos scrub, 40-300 m. |
Threats |
| Agriculture was a severe past and is an ongoing threat (vineyards in Worcester De Doorns area, deciduous fruit in the Grabouw valley).
Urbanisation was a severe past and is an ongoing threat, especially in the Gordon's Bay and Somerset West areas.
Invasive alien plant species are a severe ongoing threat around Mamre. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Aspalathus recurva Benth. | VU B1ab(ii,iii,iv,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 |
| Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2006. Aspalathus recurva Benth. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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