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Scientific Name | Aspalathus attenuata R.Dahlgren |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2007/12/14 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO 2450 km², five disjunct locations are known. Declining due to continued expansion of the cultivation of wheat, vineyards and deciduous fruit, afforestation, quarrying, urban development and alien plant invasions. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Tulbagh to Houwhoek. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Swartland Granite Renosterveld, Elgin Shale Fynbos, Cape Winelands Shale Fynbos, Western Coastal Shale Band Vegetation, Lourensford Alluvium Fynbos, Swartland Alluvium Fynbos |
Description | Fynbos, in sandy areas on lower slopes, 100-350 m. |
Threats |
| All areas in which this species occurs are threatened by the following: agriculture (severe past and moderate ongoing); plantations (severe); aliens (moderate ongoing); quarrying; urban expansion (moderate to severe ongoing). |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Aspalathus attenuata R.Dahlgren | EN B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | 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 |
| Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Aspalathus attenuata R.Dahlgren. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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