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Scientific Name | Lobostemon hottentoticus Levyns |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | BORAGINACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2006/08/16 |
Assessor(s) | M.H. Buys, N.A. Helme, D. Raimondo & J.E. Victor |
Justification | A range-restricted species (EOO 195 km²), known from seven locations, three have been lost to urban development. This remains the main threat to this species but it is also threatened by expanding agriculture and alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Somerset West to Gordon's Bay. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Boland Granite Fynbos |
Description | Stony lower slopes. |
Threats |
| Invasive Alien Species (direct effects), Habitat loss |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lobostemon hottentoticus Levyns | EN B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Lobostemon hottentoticus Levyns | Vulnerable | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Lobostemon hottentoticus Levyns | Uncertain | Hall et al. (1980) | |
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.
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
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 |
| Buys, M.H., Helme, N.A., Raimondo, D. & Victor, J.E. 2006. Lobostemon hottentoticus Levyns. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/19 |
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