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Scientific Name | Lobelia barkerae E.Wimm. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | LOBELIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) |
Assessment Date | 2005/07/20 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo |
Justification | This species is only known from one location, where it was last collected in 1947. Its habitat has been largely transformed for crop cultivation, and habitat remnants are heavily infested with invasive alien plants. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Potberg, Albertsdal. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Potberg Sandstone Fynbos, Potberg Ferricrete Fynbos |
Description | Uncertain, possibly limestone or ferricrete hills. |
Threats |
| Invasive Alien Species (direct effects), Habitat loss |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lobelia barkerae E.Wimm. | Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Lobelia barkerae E.Wimm. | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
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.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity 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.
Wimmer, F.E. 1953. Campanulaceae - Lobelioideae, Teil II. In: R. Mansfield (ed). Das Pflanzenreich 107. Akademie Verlag, Berlin.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D. 2005. Lobelia barkerae E.Wimm. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/19 |
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