Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Aspalathus variegata Eckl. & Zeyh.
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
FABACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Extinct
Assessment Date
2006/04/28
Assessor(s)
T. Nkonki & J.E. Victor
Justification
Last collected in 1898. Extinct due to urban expansion on the Cape Flats.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Cape Flats.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Fynbos
Description
Lowland fynbos, in acid sands.
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Aspalathus variegata Eckl. & Zeyh.Extinct Raimondo et al. (2009)
Aspalathus variegata Eckl. & Zeyh.Extinct Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Aspalathus variegata Eckl. & Zeyh.Extinct 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.


Helme, N.A. and Trinder-Smith, T.H. 2006. The endemic flora of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 72(2):205-210.


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 variegata Eckl. & Zeyh. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/07/25

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