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Scientific Name | Wahlenbergia kowiensis R.A.Dyer |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | CAMPANULACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2008/04/03 |
Assessor(s) | W.G. Welman, J.E. Victor & A.P. Dold |
Justification | EOO <2000 km², four sites known but likely to occur at a few more. Although this species occurs on the coast, development of coastal towns within its range is unlikely to be spreading outwards at a fast enough rate to be of concern to this species, much habitat remains intact. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Coast between Bushman and Keiskamma rivers. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Hamburg Dune Thicket, Kasouga Dune Thicket, Albany Mesic Thicket |
Description | Coastal thornveld and grassland, sandy soil, 30-200 m. |
Threats |
| No known threats. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Wahlenbergia kowiensis R.A.Dyer | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Wahlenbergia kowiensis R.A.Dyer | Lower Risk - Least Concern | Victor (2002) | | Wahlenbergia kowiensis R.A.Dyer | 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.
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.
Victor, J.E. and Dold, A.P. 2003. Threatened plants of the Albany Centre of Floristic Endemism, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 99:437-446.
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Citation |
| Welman, W.G., Victor, J.E. & Dold, A.P. 2008. Wahlenbergia kowiensis R.A.Dyer. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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