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Scientific Name | Manulea arabidea Schltr. ex Hiern |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2007/05/18 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & R.C. Turner |
Justification | Known from two collections, it has not been recorded for over 100 years. Not enough is known about the current status of the population to assess this species however subpopulations are likely to be threatened by crop cultivation and alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Pakhuis and Clanwilliam. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Sandy riverbanks. |
Threats |
| Agriculture, the subpopulation occurring at Lamkraal is likely to be mostly lost.
Alien invasive plants threaten the subpopulation at Jan Dissel's River. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Notes |
| Two known collections; one from Lamkraal, about 10km due east of the Brandewyn river, on the Pakhuis to Calvinia road, and the other from Jan Dissel's river, possibly not far from Clanwilliam. (Hilliard 1994). |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Manulea arabidea Schltr. ex Hiern | Data Deficient | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Manulea arabidea Schltr. ex Hiern | Insufficiently 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.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D. & Turner, R.C. 2007. Manulea arabidea Schltr. ex Hiern. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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