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Scientific Name | Wahlenbergia pinnata Compton |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | CAMPANULACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened* D2 |
Assessment Date | 2009/08/14 |
Assessor(s) | C.R. Scott-Shaw & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Known from one location in KwaZulu-Natal where it is potentially threatened by commercial afforestation, this subpopulation is not very isolated from the Swaziland subpopulations. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Louwsburg and Forbes Reef (Swaziland). |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland |
Description | Mistbelt grassland. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Wahlenbergia pinnata Compton | NT D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Wahlenbergia pinnata Compton | Lower Risk - Near Threatened | Victor (2002) | | Wahlenbergia pinnata Compton | Lower Risk - Near Threatened | Scott-Shaw (1999) | | Wahlenbergia pinnata Compton | 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.
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.
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Citation |
| Scott-Shaw, C.R. & Victor, J.E. 2009. Wahlenbergia pinnata Compton. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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