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Scientific Name | Spatalla salsoloides (R.Br.) Rourke |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | PROTEACEAE |
Synonyms | Sorocephalus salsoloides R.Br. |
Common Names | Kink-style Spoon (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered B1ac(iv) |
Assessment Date | 2019/01/16 |
Assessor(s) | A.G. Rebelo, H. Mtshali & L. von Staden |
Justification | EOO 76 km², fire-related population fluctuations occur in small, severely fragmented subpopulations at four known locations. Potentially threatened by alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Du Toit's Kloof Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Hawequas Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | It occurs on rocky south-facing slopes, 1500-1850 m. Mature individuals are killed by fires, and only seeds survive. Seeds are released after ripening, and dispersed by ants to their underground nests, where they are protected from predation and fire. It is pollinated by insects. |
Threats |
| Competition from alien invasive Pinus is ongoing. |
Population |
Known from four subpopulations, the largest consists about 100 plants. The subpopulations are small in size and naturally fragmented.
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Population trend | Fluctuating |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Spatalla salsoloides (R.Br.) Rourke | CR B1ac(iv) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Spatalla salsoloides (R.Br.) Rourke | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Spatalla salsoloides (R.Br.) Rourke | Rare | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Rebelo, T. 2001. Sasol Proteas: A field guide to the proteas of southern Africa. (2nd ed.). Fernwood Press, Vlaeberg, Cape Town.
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Citation |
| Rebelo, A.G., Mtshali, H. & von Staden, L. 2019. Spatalla salsoloides (R.Br.) Rourke. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2020.1. Accessed on 2022/05/17 |
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