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Scientific Name | Calobota elongata (Thunb.) Boatwr. & B.-E.van Wyk |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Crotalaria elongata Thunb., Lebeckia melilotoides R.Dahlgren |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D1+2 |
Assessment Date | 2008/02/12 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & J.H. Vlok |
Justification | The population consists of fewer than 1000 individuals, occurring at three known locations. Potentially threatened by overgrazing and infrastructure expansion of an army base outside the town of Touwsrivier. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Southern Tanqua Karoo between Ceres and Touwsrivier and Little Karoo to Ladismith. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Western Little Karoo, Tanqua Karoo |
Description | Sandy soils in the Tanqua Karoo. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss, Habitat degradation |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lebeckia melilotoides R.Dahlgren | VU D1+2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Boatwright, J.S., Tilney, P.M. and Van Wyk, B.E. 2009. The generic concept of Lebeckia (Crotalarieae, Fabaceae): Reinstatement of the genus Calobota and the new genus Wiborgiella. South African Journal of Botany 75(3):546-556.
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.
Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D. & Vlok, J.H. 2008. Calobota elongata (Thunb.) Boatwr. & B.-E.van Wyk. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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