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Scientific Name | Lotononis prostrata (L.) Benth. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Ononis prostrata Burm. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened A2c |
Assessment Date | 2007/12/13 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | More than 80% of this species' habitat has been transformed over the past 100 years and is now highly fragmented by agriculture and urban development. A population reduction of 25% is estimated based on habitat loss over the past 30 years (generation length ± 10 years) and the population is still declining as a result of overgrazing by livestock, lack of fire and alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Tulbagh to Stellenbosch. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Saldanha Granite Strandveld, Swartland Shale Renosterveld, Peninsula Shale Renosterveld, Swartland Granite Renosterveld, Peninsula Granite Fynbos, Boland Granite Fynbos, Lourensford Alluvium Fynbos, Swartland Alluvium Fynbos |
Description | Shale flats and lower slopes in Swartland Shale Renosterveld and low lying fynbos, 100-320 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lotononis prostrata (L.) Benth. | NT A2c | 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.
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 |
| Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Lotononis prostrata (L.) Benth. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/07 |
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