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Scientific Name | Lebeckia plukenetiana E.Mey. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered A2bc |
Assessment Date | 2008/04/10 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & M.M. le Roux |
Justification | Once common in the Swartland and upper Breede River Valley, 19 of 24 locations known through herbarium collections and ± 75% of this species' habitat has been lost to urban expansion and wheat, vineyard and deciduous fruit cultivation in the past 150 years. It is a resprouter and we suspect it has a generation length of 50-80 years. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Darling and Worcester to the Cape Peninsula. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Cape Flats Dune Strandveld, Langebaan Dune Strandveld, Saldanha Granite Strandveld, Swartland Shale Renosterveld, Breede Shale Renosterveld, Peninsula Shale Renosterveld, Swartland Granite Renosterveld, Breede Shale Fynbos, Peninsula Shale Fynbos, Peninsula Granite Fynbos, Boland Granite Fynbos, Hangklip Sand Fynbos, Cape Flats Sand Fynbos, Atlantis Sand Fynbos, Hopefield Sand Fynbos |
Description | Renosterveld on shales and granites. |
Threats |
| Invasive Alien Species (direct effects), Habitat loss, Habitat degradation, Harvesting [gathering], Pollution (affecting habitat and/or species) |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lebeckia plukenetiana E.Mey. | EN A2bc | 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.
Le Roux, M.M. and Van Wyk, B.-E. 2008. A revision of Lebeckia sect. Lebeckia: The L. plukenetiana group (Fabaceae, Crotalarieae). South African Journal of Botany 74:600-676.
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. & le Roux, M.M. 2008. Lebeckia plukenetiana E.Mey. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/09/08 |
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