Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Wahlenbergia umbellata (Adamson) Lammers
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
CAMPANULACEAE
Synonyms
Lightfootia umbellata Adamson
National Status
Status and Criteria
Vulnerable D2
Assessment Date
2005/08/08
Assessor(s)
W.G. Welman & J.E. Victor
Justification
Known from one location and potentially threatened by housing developments and potato cultivation.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Lambert's Bay.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Langebaan Dune Strandveld, Saldanha Flats Strandveld, Lambert's Bay Strandveld
Description
Coastal sands.
Threats
Habitat loss
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Wahlenbergia umbellata (Adamson) LammersVU D2Raimondo et al. (2009)
Wahlenbergia umbellata (Adamson) LammersVU D2Victor (2002)
Wahlenbergia umbellata (Adamson) LammersInsufficiently Known Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Lightfootia umbellata AdamsonUncertain 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.


Citation
Welman, W.G. & Victor, J.E. 2005. Wahlenbergia umbellata (Adamson) Lammers. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09

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