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Scientific Name | Manulea exigua Hilliard |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
Synonyms | Manulea benthamiana Hiern (in part), Manulea minor of other authors, not of Diels, Hiern FC 4,2 (1904) (in part) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2007/04/12 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner |
Justification | EOO <400 km², known from five locations but suspected to be under collected and to occur at six to 10 locations. Its habitat has been severely fragmented and transformed by coastal housing development and alien plant invasion. Loss is continuing. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Betty's Bay to Gansbaai. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Overberg Sandstone Fynbos, Hangklip Sand Fynbos |
Description | Sandy flats and slopes near the coast. |
Threats |
| Invasive Alien Species (direct effects), Habitat loss |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Conservation |
| Not currently conserved in any formally protected area. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Manulea exigua Hilliard | VU B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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.
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 |
| Turner, R.C. 2007. Manulea exigua Hilliard. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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