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Scientific Name | Aspalathus candidula R.Dahlgren |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2009/07/07 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme, D.I.W. Euston-Brown, D. Raimondo, T. Nkonki & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Known from three locations. Potentially threatened by alien plant invasion of the habitat. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Coastal plains south of Riversdale. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Canca Limestone Fynbos |
Description | Lowland fynbos on limestone. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss, Habitat degradation, Pollution (affecting habitat and/or species), Invasive Alien Species (direct effects) |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Aspalathus candidula R.Dahlgren | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Aspalathus candidula R.Dahlgren | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Aspalathus candidula R.Dahlgren | Uncertain | 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.
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Citation |
| Helme, N.A., Euston-Brown, D.I.W., Raimondo, D., Nkonki, T. & Victor, J.E. 2009. Aspalathus candidula R.Dahlgren. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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