Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Lyperia formosa Hilliard
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
SCROPHULARIACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Vulnerable D2
Assessment Date
2005/07/26
Assessor(s)
J.E. Victor & K. Naidoo
Justification
Known from one location and potentially threatened by crop cultivation.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Montagu.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Breede Alluvium Renosterveld
Description
River bank in shallow soil over rock.
Threats
Habitat loss
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Lyperia formosa HilliardVU D2Raimondo et al. (2009)
Lyperia formosa HilliardInsufficiently Known Hilton-Taylor (1996)
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.


Hilliard, O.M. 1994. The Manuleae: a tribe of Scrophulariaceae. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.


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.


Citation
Victor, J.E. & Naidoo, K. 2005. Lyperia formosa Hilliard. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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