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Scientific Name | Aspalathus securifolia Eckl. & Zeyh. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Aspalathus securifolia Eckl. & Zeyh. subsp. crassa R.Dahlgren |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2009/07/29 |
Assessor(s) | W. Foden & L. Potter |
Justification | Widespread in montane habitat where it is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Bain's Kloof to Babilonstoring Mountains and eastwards to the Langeberg Mountains north of Albertinia. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Sandstone fynbos, rocky or gravelly lower slopes. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Aspalathus securifolia Eckl. & Zeyh. | 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 securifolia Eckl. & Zeyh. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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