Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Wahlenbergia namaquana Sond.
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
CAMPANULACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Data Deficient - Insufficient Information
Assessment Date
2006/09/27
Assessor(s)
C.N. Cupido, D. Raimondo & F. Daniels
Justification
No collections of this species have been made for over 60 years. It may be threatened by overgrazing in some areas of the Kamiesberg that are communally owned, but more data are required to accurately assess this species.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Northern Cape
Range
Namaqualand, Kamiesberg.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Succulent Karoo
Description
Sands at low altitudes.
Population
Population trend
Unknown
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Wahlenbergia namaquana Sond.Data Deficient Raimondo et al. (2009)
Wahlenbergia namaquana Sond.Lower Risk - Least Concern Victor (2002)
Wahlenbergia namaquana Sond.Insufficiently Known Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Wahlenbergia namaquana Sond.Uncertain Hall et al. (1980)
Bibliography

Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.


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.


Victor, J.E. 2002. South Africa. In: J.S. Golding (ed), Southern African plant Red Data Lists. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 14 (pp. 93-120), SABONET, Pretoria.


Citation
Cupido, C.N., Raimondo, D. & Daniels, F. 2006. Wahlenbergia namaquana Sond. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09

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