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Scientific Name | Wahlenbergia suffruticosa C.N.Cupido |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | CAMPANULACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered A2bc; B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii); C2a(i,ii); D |
Assessment Date | 2014/05/19 |
Assessor(s) | C.N. Cupido & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A single subpopulation of fewer than 50 mature individuals remain after more than 80% habitat loss, predominantly to expanding agriculture, and continues to decline due to ongoing habitat loss and degradation. It is a long-lived resprouter (generation length at least 40 years), and a population reduction of at least 80% is estimated based on the extent of habitat loss over the past 74 years (less than three generations). It is therefore assessed as Critically Endangered under criteria A, B, C and D. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species occurs in Chatsworth near Malmesbury. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Atlantis Sand Fynbos |
Description | Plants grow in sand fynbos on well drained sandy flats. |
Threats |
| It is severely threatened by urban development and invasive alien plants. The majority of this species' habitat has been lost to crop farming and severe infestations of alien plants over the past 150 years. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Wahlenbergia suffruticosa C.N.Cupido | CR A2bc; B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii); C2a(i,ii); D | 2014.1 | |
Bibliography |
Cupido, C.N. 2011. CAMPANULACEAE: A new species of Wahlenbergia from Western Cape, South Africa. Bothalia 41(1):178-181.
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Citation |
| Cupido, C.N. & Raimondo, D. 2014. Wahlenbergia suffruticosa C.N.Cupido. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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