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Scientific Name | Lotononis dichiloides Sond. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) |
Assessment Date | 2007/09/10 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden & D. Raimondo |
Justification | This species was last collected in the 1930s. Its habitat is >90% transformed due to urban expansion, agriculture and is degraded due to overgrazing and too frequent fire. It is likely to be extinct. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Durban. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Grassland |
Description | Grassland. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss, Habitat degradation |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lotononis dichiloides Sond. | Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Lotononis dichiloides Sond. | Data Deficient | Scott-Shaw (1999) | | Lotononis dichiloides Sond. | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.
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 |
| von Staden, L. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Lotononis dichiloides Sond. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/07/02 |
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