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Scientific Name | Otholobium saxosum C.H.Stirt. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered D |
Assessment Date | 2008/02/20 |
Assessor(s) | J.H. Vlok & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Less than 250 mature individuals remain at two known locations after habitat of this species was lost to forestry plantations and alien plant invasion, but it is not currently declining. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Langeberg Mountains, Garcia's Pass. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos, North Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos, Montagu Shale Fynbos, Central Coastal Shale Band Vegetation |
Description | Moist loamy soils on south-facing slopes. |
Threats |
| Most of this range-restricted species' habitat has been lost to forestry plantations and degraded and subsequently invaded by alien invasive plants to the extent that only one small subpopulation remains. This subpopulation is however not currently facing any threat and forestry plantations are not expected to expand further. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Otholobium saxosum C.H.Stirt. | EN D | 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.
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.
Stirton, C. 1989. A revision of Otholobium C.H.Stirton (Papilionoideae, Leguminosae). Unpublished Ph.D., University of Cape Town, Cape Town.
Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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Citation |
| Vlok, J.H. & Raimondo, D. 2008. Otholobium saxosum C.H.Stirt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/25 |
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