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Scientific Name | Lobelia cuneifolia Link & Otto var. ananda E.Wimm. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | LOBELIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Rare |
Assessment Date | 2016/09/30 |
Assessor(s) | N. Hahn & L. von Staden |
Justification | A very localized habitat specialist, currently known from a single subpopulation, but possibly overlooked in similar habitat elsewhere in the Magaliesberg. Its habitat is well-protected and it is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | North West |
Range | Magaliesberg near Rustenburg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Gold Reef Mountain Bushveld |
Description | Shaded seeps on vertical rock-faces in narrow gullies. |
Threats |
| There are no known threats to this taxon. Its habitat is generally inaccessible and well-protected. |
Population |
This taxon is only known from the type locality, where it was first collected in 1945, and relocated in 2010 (Hahn 2013). It is likely that more subpopulations exist in similar habitat elsewhere in the Magaliesberg, which remains relatively poorly explored due to its inaccessibility. The population is not suspected to be declining.
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Population trend | Stable |
Citation |
| Hahn, N. & von Staden, L. 2016. Lobelia cuneifolia Link & Otto var. ananda E.Wimm. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2017.1. Accessed on 2019/12/06 |
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