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Scientific Name | Aspalathus taylorii R.Dahlgren |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/07/22 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo, N.A. Helme & D.A. Kamundi |
Justification | EOO <30 km², two known locations are potentially threatened by alien pine invasions. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Riviersonderend Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos, North Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos, Western Coastal Shale Band Vegetation |
Description | Fynbos, on lower northern slopes and foothills. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by escaped pines from pine plantations which have invaded large parts of the southern slopes of the Riviersonderend Mountains. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Aspalathus taylorii R.Dahlgren | VU D2 | 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 |
| Raimondo, D., Helme, N.A. & Kamundi, D.A. 2007. Aspalathus taylorii R.Dahlgren. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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