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Scientific Name | Lapeirousia verecunda Goldblatt |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2006/11/16 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme, P. Goldblatt, J.C. Manning & K. Naidoo |
Justification | This species is known from five locations in the Spektakelberg area. It is potentially threatened by road works, quarrying and crop cultivation. It therefore qualifies as Vulnerable under criterion D. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | It occurs in the Escarpment west of Springbok. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Namaqualand Shale Shrubland, Namaqualand Granite Renosterveld |
Description | Plants grow in rocky granite soils. |
Threats |
| This species is potentially threatened by agriculture (low to moderate), road works and quarrying (moderate). |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lapeirousia verecunda Goldblatt | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Lapeirousia verecunda Goldblatt | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Lapeirousia verecunda Goldblatt | Rare | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. 1972. A revision of the genera Lapeirousia Pourret and Anomatheca Ker in the winter rainfall region of South Africa. Contributions from the Bolus Herbarium 4:1-111.
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 |
| Helme, N.A., Goldblatt, P., Manning, J.C. & Naidoo, K. 2006. Lapeirousia verecunda Goldblatt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/19 |
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