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Scientific Name | Lotononis racemiflora B.-E.van Wyk |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) |
Assessment Date | 2008/04/12 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo |
Justification | Only known from the type locality, where it was collected in 1948. This area has subsequently been extensively transformed for citrus and rooibos tea cultivation and it is therefore possibly extinct. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Bokwater west of Clanwilliam. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Graafwater Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Sandy slopes. |
Threats |
| Extensive habitat loss to crop cultivation has possibly caused the extinction of this species at its only known locality. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lotononis racemiflora B.-E.van Wyk | Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Lotononis racemiflora B.-E.van Wyk | Indeterminate | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
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.
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.
Van Wyk, B.E. 1991. A synopsis of the genus Lotononis (Fabaceae: Crotalarieae). Contributions from the Bolus Herbarium 14:1-292.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D. 2008. Lotononis racemiflora B.-E.van Wyk. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/04 |
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