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Scientific Name | Wahlenbergia brachyphylla (Adamson) Lammers |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | CAMPANULACEAE |
Synonyms | Lightfootia brachyphylla Adamson |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2006/09/26 |
Assessor(s) | W.G. Welman & J.E. Victor |
Justification | EOO < 500 km², known from two sites in mountainous areas without any apparent threats. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Koue Bokkeveld. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Winterhoek Sandstone Fynbos, Hawequas Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Rocky mountain slopes, occasionally on sand. |
Threats |
| This species is very poorly known, but occurs in mountainous habitat where it is not suspected to be threatened. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Notes |
| This species is rarely collected and very poorly known, but it is suspected to be merely overlooked, rather than threatened. The genus Wahlenbergia in South Africa has not been revised, and identification of Wahlenbergia species is very difficult. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Wahlenbergia brachyphylla (Adamson) Lammers | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Wahlenbergia brachyphylla (Adamson) Lammers | Lower Risk - Least Concern | Victor (2002) | | Wahlenbergia brachyphylla (Adamson) Lammers | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Lightfootia brachyphylla Adamson | Uncertain | Hall et al. (1980) | |
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.
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.
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Citation |
| Welman, W.G. & Victor, J.E. 2006. Wahlenbergia brachyphylla (Adamson) Lammers. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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