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Scientific Name | Lessertia flexuosa E.Mey. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Taxonomically Problematic |
Assessment Date | 2017/09/28 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Lessertia flexuosa is a poorly known species. Based on currently available data, its risk of extinction cannot be assessed. It is listed as Data Deficient. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa, however, its distribution is uncertain. It was described from the Addo area, Eastern Cape (Harvey 1861). Nkonki (2013) cites records from the Rhodes and Lady Grey districts, Eastern Cape Drakensberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Tarkastad Montane Shrubland, Lesotho Highland Basalt Grassland, Albany Alluvial Vegetation, Grahamstown Grassland Thicket, Geluk Grassland Thicket |
Description | Its habitat is unknown. |
Threats |
| There are no known threats to Lessertia flexuosa. |
Population |
The collections cited by Harvey (1861) date from the early 1800s. There has been no subsequent collections of this species in the vicinity of the type locality since then. Nkonki (2013) gives no comment on the significant disjunction and difference in habitat between the Addo region and the Eastern Cape Drakensberg.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lessertia flexuosa E.Mey. | DDT | 2020.1 | | Lessertia flexuosa E.Mey. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Harvey, W.H. 1861. Leguminosae. In: W.H. Harvey and O.W. Sonder (eds). Flora Capensis II (Leguminosae to Loranthaceae):1-285. Hodges, Smith and Co., Dublin.
Nkonki, T. 2013. A taxonomic study of the genus Lessertia DC. (Fabaceae, Galegeae). Unpublished M.Sc., University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg.
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 |
| von Staden, L. 2017. Lessertia flexuosa E.Mey. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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