Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Aspalathus vacciniifolia R.Dahlgren
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
FABACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Critically Rare
Assessment Date
2006/05/25
Assessor(s)
T. Nkonki & J.E. Victor
Justification
This species occurs at only one known site that is not threatened.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Somerset Sneeukop, Hottentots Holland Mountains.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos, Boland Granite Fynbos
Description
Subalpine montane fynbos, on steep, stony, windswept slopes, 1000-1300 m.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Aspalathus vacciniifolia R.DahlgrenCritically Rare Raimondo et al. (2009)
Aspalathus vacciniifolia R.DahlgrenInsufficiently Known Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Aspalathus vacciniifolia R.DahlgrenUncertain Hall et al. (1980)
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.


Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.


Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.


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.


Citation
Nkonki, T. & Victor, J.E. 2006. Aspalathus vacciniifolia R.Dahlgren. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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