Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Manulea ramulosa Hilliard
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
SCROPHULARIACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Assessment Date
2007/05/19
Assessor(s)
D. Raimondo
Justification
Last collected in 1926, much of the area around Klawer is now under cultivation due to the introduction of irrigation schemes. The surrounding mountain slopes have also been severely overgrazed by livestock. This species may be extinct.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Klawer.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Bokkeveld Sandstone Fynbos
Description
Rocky hills in sandy areas.
Threats
Severe overgrazing by livestock. Since 1990 vineyard cultivation has resulted in 38 % of habitat being lost.
Population
Population trend
Unknown
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Manulea ramulosa HilliardCritically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) Raimondo et al. (2009)
Manulea ramulosa HilliardIndeterminate Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Bibliography

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
Raimondo, D. 2007. Manulea ramulosa Hilliard. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/21

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