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Scientific Name | Aspalathus subulata Thunb. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Achyronia subulata (Thunb.) Kuntze, Aspalathus floribunda Benth. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered B1ab(iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2007/04/15 |
Assessor(s) | A.L. Schutte-Vlok & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO 31 km², the only known location is densely infested by invasive alien plants. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Caledon Swartberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Western Ruens Shale Renosterveld, Overberg Sandstone Fynbos, Greyton Shale Fynbos, Western Coastal Shale Band Vegetation |
Description | Fynbos, in rocky outcrops on lower southern slopes. |
Threats |
| Threatened by competition from dense, unmanaged infestations of alien invasive plants. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Aspalathus subulata Thunb. | CR B1ab(iii,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Dahlgren, R. 1966. Revision of the genus Aspalathus. II. The species with ericoid and pinoid leaflets. 5. The Aspalathus carnosa, aciphylla, pachyloba, arida, pinguis, spinosa and sanguinea groups and some other groups. Opera Botanica 11(1):7-266.
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. 2007. Aspalathus subulata Thunb. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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