Macledium pretoriense

Macledium pretoriense, synonym Dicoma pretoriensis, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is, or was, endemic to Gauteng, South Africa.^[2]

Macledium pretoriense
Conservation status
Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Macledium
Species:	M. pretoriense
Binomial name
Macledium pretoriense (C.A.Sm.) S.Ortiz
Synonyms[2]
Dicoma pretoriensis C.A.Sm.

Conservation

In 2003, it was assessed for the IUCN Red List as "critically endangered" (possibly extinct)".^[1] As of April 2023^[update], Plants of the World Online regarded it as extinct.^[2]