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Scientific Name | Ezoloba macrocarpa (H.Bolus) B.-E.van Wyk & Boatwr. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Lotononis macrocarpa Eckl. & Zeyh. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B2ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2006/07/24 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo |
Justification | More than 50% of known locations are now locally extinct due to crop cultivation. Four remaining locations, with an AOO<100 km² are declining due to urban expansion and alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Clanwilliam, Vredenburg, Saldanha and Hermon. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Saldanha Granite Strandveld, Swartland Shale Renosterveld, Swartland Granite Renosterveld |
Description | Renosterveld on seasonally moist/damp clays. |
Threats |
| Habitat degradation, Invasive Alien Species (direct effects), Habitat loss |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lotononis macrocarpa Eckl. & Zeyh. | EN B2ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | 2012.1 | | Lotononis macrocarpa Eckl. & Zeyh. | EN B2ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Lotononis macrocarpa Eckl. & Zeyh. | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Boatwright, J.S., Wink, M. and Van Wyk, B.E. 2011. The generic concept of Lotononis (Crotalarieae, Fabaceae): Reinstatement of the genera Euchlora, Leobordea and Listia and the new genus Ezoloba. Taxon 60(1):161-177.
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.
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.
Van Wyk, B.E. 1991. A synopsis of the genus Lotononis (Fabaceae: Crotalarieae). Contributions from the Bolus Herbarium 14:1-292.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D. 2006. Ezoloba macrocarpa (H.Bolus) B.-E.van Wyk & Boatwr. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/14 |
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