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Scientific Name | Aspalathus rugosa Thunb. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Aspalathus linearifolia DC. var. (b.) discreta Drège, Aspalathus plukenetiana Eckl. & Zeyh., Paraspalathus plukenetiana (Eckl. & Zeyh.) C.Presl |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2009/07/17 |
Assessor(s) | W. Foden & L. Potter |
Justification | Widespread and common in montane habitat where it is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Cold Bokkeveld Mountains to Du Toit's Kloof and the Hex River Mountains. Also occurs in the Klein Swartberg north of Ladismith. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Sandstone fynbos. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Aspalathus rugosa Thunb. | Least Concern | 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 |
| Foden, W. & Potter, L. 2009. Aspalathus rugosa Thunb. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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