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Scientific Name | Manulea acutiloba Hilliard |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2017/08/11 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & L. von Staden |
Justification | Manulea acutiloba is a very poorly known species, last collected in 1986. Not enough is known about the distribution, habitat, and current status of the population to assess its risk of extinction. It is therefore listed as Data Deficient. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa, and is found in Namaqualand between Garies and Springbok. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Namaqualand Klipkoppe Shrubland |
Description | Nothing is known about the ecology of this species (Hilliard 1994). |
Threats |
| Threats to Manulea acutiloba are unknown. |
Population |
This species has been collected twice, in 1941 and 1986. The type collection is a mixed collection with M. silenoides, with some plants appearing to be hybrids between M. acutiloba and M. silenoides. Nothing is known about its population size, status and trends, but it appears to be very rare.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Manulea acutiloba Hilliard | Data Deficient | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Manulea acutiloba Hilliard | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hilliard, O.M. 1990. More new names and combinations in Scrophulariaceae-Manuleae. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 46(3):337-342.
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.
Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D. & von Staden, L. 2017. Manulea acutiloba Hilliard. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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