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Scientific Name | Aspalathus zeyheri (Harv.) R.Dahlgren |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Aspalathus lactea Thunb. c. zeyheri Harv. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2007/04/10 |
Assessor(s) | A.L. Schutte-Vlok & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO 5200 km², 11 severely fragmented subpopulations remain. This species was formerly common on the Riversdale plain but most of its habitat has been transformed by agriculture and subpopulations occur on small fragments, many of which are poorly managed - burnt too frequently and overgrazed. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Swellendam and Potberg to Riversdale. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Mossel Bay Shale Renosterveld, Eastern Ruens Shale Renosterveld, Ruens Silcrete Renosterveld, Potberg Ferricrete Fynbos |
Description | Renosterveld, on hard clay soils. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss to crop cultivation has already caused extensive decline and fragmentation of the population of this species. Remaining subpopulations continue to be threatened by ongoing habitat and degradation due to urban expansion, poor veld management, overgrazing and overburning and invasive alien plants. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Aspalathus zeyheri (Harv.) R.Dahlgren | VU B1ab(ii,iii,iv,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 zeyheri (Harv.) R.Dahlgren. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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