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Scientific Name | Corpuscularia lehmannii (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Schwantes |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AIZOACEAE |
Synonyms | Delosperma lehmannii (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Schwantes, Schonlandia lehmannii (Eckl. & Zeyh.) L.Bolus |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2006/11/22 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & N.A. Helme |
Justification | EOO 70 km², AOO<5 km², six locations are known through herbarium records, but four are now locally extinct due to urban expansion of Port Elizabeth. Two remaining subpopulations are severely fragmented and continue to decline due to ongoing habitat loss. At one of the remaining locations near Coega >60% of this species' habitat has been lost to mining in the past five years. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Coega to Port Elizabeth. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Algoa Sandstone Fynbos, Sundays Valley Thicket, Motherwell Karroid Thicket, Bethelsdorp Bontveld |
Description | Quartzite outcrops. |
Threats |
| Invasive Alien Species (direct effects), Habitat loss, Habitat degradation, Pollution (affecting habitat and/or species) |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Corpuscularia lehmannii (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Schwantes | CR B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) | 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 |
| Raimondo, D. & Helme, N.A. 2006. Corpuscularia lehmannii (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Schwantes. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/21 |
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