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Scientific Name | Lepidium bipinnatum Thunb. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | BRASSICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2019/11/09 |
Assessor(s) | D.A. Kamundi & J.E. Victor |
Justification | A poorly known species recorded only from two specimen collections from the central Karoo. With ongoing degradation of habitat as a result of livestock overgrazing and the impacts of ongoing drought, this species is highly likely to be threatened however currently too little information is available to determine a category of threat. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Fraserburg to Richmond. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Nama Karoo |
Description | Unknown habitat. |
Threats |
| Threatened by ongoing degradation of habitat as a result of livestock overgrazing, the increasing frequency of drought events is also causing habitat degradation. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lepidium bipinnatum Thunb. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Magee, A.R. and Boatwright, J.S. (eds). In prep. Plants of the Karoo: A Conspectus of the Nama-Karoo and Adjacent Summer-Rainfall Regions of the Northern and Western Cape Provinces. Strelitzia.
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. & Victor, J.E. 2019. Lepidium bipinnatum Thunb. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2020.1. Accessed on 2023/12/08 |
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