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Scientific Name | Lessertia flanaganii L.Bolus |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2018/05/14 |
Assessor(s) | D.A. Kamundi & L. von Staden |
Justification | Lessertia flanaganii is known only from the type, collected from an unspecified locality near Komga in 1890. It is listed as Data Deficient. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa, and is found in Komga. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Amathole Montane Grassland |
Description | It occurs on grassy hill slopes. |
Threats |
| Threats to Lessertia flanaganii are unknown. |
Population |
The species is known from a single collection, dating from 1890. It has never been recorded again, and the precise locality where it was collected is unknown. Until this species is relocated, an assessment of its risk of extinction cannot be done.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lessertia flanaganii L.Bolus | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Bolus, L. 1915. Notes on Lessertia with descriptions of six new species and a key. Annals of the Bolus Herbarium 1(3):87-96.
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 |
| Kamundi, D.A. & von Staden, L. 2018. Lessertia flanaganii L.Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2024.1. Accessed on 2025/10/13 |
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