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Scientific Name | Wiborgiella vlokii Boatwr. & B.-E.van Wyk |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Rare |
Assessment Date | 2011/10/20 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A poorly known, and apparently extremely rare and highly localized species. It occurs in a protected wilderness area and is however not suspected to be threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Langeberg Mountains near Swellendam. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Deep, peaty soils on south-facing slopes. |
Threats |
| Unknown. |
Population |
Unknown. The species was collected once, but could not be relocated on subsequent visits (Boatwright et al. 2010). It appears to be extremely rare and localized, and may only be found in recently burnt fynbos.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Notes |
| Wiborgiella vlokii is a unique species and allopatric with all other known species of Wiborgiella (Boatwright et al. 2010). |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Wiborgiella vlokii Boatwr. & B.-E.van Wyk | Critically Rare | 2012.1 | |
Bibliography |
Boatwright, J.S., Tilney, P.M. and Van Wyk, B.E. 2010. Taxonomy of Wiborgiella (Crotalarieae, Fabaceae), a genus endemic to the greater Cape Region of South Africa. Systematic Botany 35(2):325-340.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2011. Wiborgiella vlokii Boatwr. & B.-E.van Wyk. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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