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Scientific Name | Senegalia lotteri N.Hahn |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Common Names | Greenstone Thorn (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2015/07/01 |
Assessor(s) | M. Lötter & L. von Staden |
Justification | A localized habitat specialist known from one location and potentially threatened by habitat loss to mining. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Mpumalanga |
Range | Noordkaap Valley north of Barberton. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Granite Lowveld, Barberton Serpentine Sourveld |
Description | Ridges of ultramafic intrusions in bushveld. |
Threats |
| There are no current threats to the population, but there is increasing mining pressure in the Barberton area. This species is endemic to mineral rich ultramafic intrusions, and is potentially threatened by habitat loss to mining. |
Population |
This species is a localized habitat specialist, confined to Barberton Serpentine Sourveld, but locally abundant in suitable habitat. It is currently known from one large, stable subpopulation near Barberton.
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Population trend | Stable |
Notes |
| This species is illustrated in Trees and Shrubs of Mpumalanga (Schmidt et al. 2002) under the name Acacia chariessa. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Senegalia lotteri N.Hahn | VU D2 | 2015.1 | |
Bibliography |
Hahn, N. 2013. Senegalia lotterii (Fabaceae) a new species endemic to the Barberton Centre of Endemism, South Africa. Phytotaxa 119(1):51-54.
Schmidt, E., Lotter, M. and McCleland, W. 2002. Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park. Jacana, Johannesburg.
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Citation |
| Lötter, M. & von Staden, L. 2015. Senegalia lotteri N.Hahn. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/07/26 |
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