| Scientific Name | Aspalathus stricticlada (R.Dahlgren) R.Dahlgren | Higher Classification | Dicotyledons | Family | FABACEAE | Synonyms | Aspalathus cuspidata R.Dahlgren subsp. stricticlada R.Dahlgren |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) | Assessment Date | 2007/04/15 | Assessor(s) | A.L. Schutte-Vlok, D. Raimondo & D.A. Kamundi | Justification | EOO 2064 km², three remaining locations are declining due to habitat loss to urban and coastal development. |
Distribution | Endemism | South African endemic | Provincial distribution | Western Cape | Range | Malmesbury and Vredenburg. |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial | Major habitats | Saldanha Granite Strandveld, Swartland Granite Renosterveld, Boland Granite Fynbos | Description | Renosterveld-fynbos transitional veld. |
Threats | | This species is threatened at all locations by urban and coastal development - a severe ongoing threat on the Vredenburg peninsula as well as around Malmesbury (D. Raimondo 2007).
Surrounding low-lying areas of Malmesbury are transformed by cultivation and human settlements (Kamundi 2006). |
Population | Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Aspalathus stricticlada (R.Dahlgren) R.Dahlgren | EN B1ab(i,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 | | Schutte-Vlok, A.L., Raimondo, D. & Kamundi, D.A. 2007. Aspalathus stricticlada (R.Dahlgren) R.Dahlgren. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/18 |
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