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Scientific Name | Rafnia angulata Thunb. subsp. humilis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) G.J.Campbell & B.-E.van Wyk |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Rafnia humilis Eckl. & Zeyh. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered A2c; B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2008/07/10 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & P.A. Manyama |
Justification | A population reduction of >80% is estimated based on a >90% habitat loss to urban expansion and the local extinction of >80% of known locations in the past 150 years (generation length 50 years). One known location remains (EOO and AOO<10 km²), where the habitat is being degraded by alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cape Peninsula including the Cape Flats. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Hangklip Sand Fynbos, Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
Description | Lowland flats on sand dunes. |
Threats |
| Invasive Alien Species (direct effects), Habitat loss |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Rafnia angulata Thunb. subsp. humilis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) G.J.Campbell & B.-E.van Wyk | CR A2c; B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Campbell, G.J. and Van Wyk, B.-E. 2001. A taxonomic revision of Rafnia (Fabaceae, Crotalarieae). South African Journal of Botany 67(2):90-149.
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 |
| Raimondo, D. & Manyama, P.A. 2008. Rafnia angulata Thunb. subsp. humilis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) G.J.Campbell & B.-E.van Wyk. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/01/25 |
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