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Scientific Name | Lessertia argentea Harv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Lessertia villosa E.Mey. |
Common Names | Strand-ertjiebos (a), Strandertjiesbos (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered C2a(i) |
Assessment Date | 2011/06/09 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & L. von Staden |
Justification | EOO 1 952 km², a range-restricted, very uncommon species known from about 10 subpopulations. Observations of five subpopulations indicate that subpopulations tend to be very small, consisting of fewer than 50 mature individuals and continue to decline due to ongoing habitat loss to urban development and alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Saldanha Bay to False Bay. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Cape Flats Dune Strandveld, Langebaan Dune Strandveld, Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
Description | Coastal dunes. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss to coastal and urban development, expanding informal settlements and alien invasive plants. |
Population |
This is a very uncommon species, and subpopulations are very small, in most cases consisting of fewer than 50 mature individuals (N.A. Helme, pers. obs.).
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lessertia argentea Harv. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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.
Harvey, W.H. 1861. Leguminosae. In: W.H. Harvey and O.W. Sonder (eds). Flora Capensis II (Leguminosae to Loranthaceae):1-285. Hodges, Smith and Co., Dublin.
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.
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Citation |
| Helme, N.A. & von Staden, L. 2011. Lessertia argentea Harv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/07 |
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