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Scientific Name | Aspalathus rostripetala R.Dahlgren |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2007/05/30 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & D.A. Kamundi |
Justification | EOO 10 km², AOO <10 km², one location remains. The habitat is fragmented by citrus cultivation and habitat quality in fragments continues to decline due to fire exclusion and pesticide runoff. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Olifants River Valley north of Citrusdal. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Cederberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Sandy flat area in arid fynbos. |
Threats |
| There is a severe threat from citrus farming - 65% of this species' habitat has been transformed for agriculture, mostly post 1965. The only remaining fragments around the area the type collection was made are isolated between the orchards and are being degraded as result of lack of burning (Aspalathus species require burning). They are also highly likely to be impacted by fertiliser and pesticide runoff. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Aspalathus rostripetala R.Dahlgren | CR B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v) | 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. 1968. Revision of the genus Aspalathus. II. The species with ericoid and pinoid leaflets. 6. The Aspalathus frankenioides, nivea, juniperina, rubens, and divaricata groups and some other groups. Opera Botanica 21:8-304.
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 |
| Raimondo, D. & Kamundi, D.A. 2007. Aspalathus rostripetala R.Dahlgren. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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