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Scientific Name | Bauhinia bowkeri Harv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Locellaria bowkeri (Harv.) A.Schmitz, Pauletia bowkeri (Harv.) A.Schmitz |
Common Names | Kei Bauhinia (e), Kei Neat's Foot (e), Kei-beesklou (a), Umdlandlovu (z), Umdlandlovu (x) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened D2 |
Assessment Date | 2022/02/28 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor & A.E. van Wyk |
Justification | This species is known from five locations but likely to occur at a few more. Potentially threatened by subsistence agriculture. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | It occurs from Mzimvubu to Kei River. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Plants grow in river banks. |
Threats |
| It is potentially threatened by rural agricultural practices in the old Transkei area: deforestation and bush clearing have been happening sporadically in this area for hundreds of years and still continuing, so it is likely that this species will soon be threatened if it is not protected in its remaining habitats in the future. |
Population |
The population is rare.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Bauhinia bowkeri Harv. | NT D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Bauhinia bowkeri Harv. | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Bauhinia bowkeri Harv. | Rare | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
Boon, R. 2010. Pooley's Trees of eastern South Africa. Flora and Fauna Publications Trust, Durban.
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical 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 |
| Victor, J.E. & van Wyk, A.E. 2022. Bauhinia bowkeri Harv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/13 |
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