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Scientific Name | Manulea leptosiphon Thell. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2007/05/19 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & K. Naidoo |
Justification | Known from the type collection in 1889 by Fenchel at Rietfontein in the Kalahari on the border of the Cape and Namibia. Not enough is known about the distribution and current status of the population to assess this species. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Rietfontein. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Savanna |
Description | Kalahari sands. |
Threats |
| Unknown. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Notes |
| Known from only one original collection. Is sympatric with M. burchellii, at least on the western edge of that species. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Manulea leptosiphon Thell. | Data Deficient | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Manulea leptosiphon Thell. | 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.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D. & Naidoo, K. 2007. Manulea leptosiphon Thell. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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