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Scientific Name | Leobordea prolifera (E.Mey.) B.-E.van Wyk & Boatwr. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Lotononis microphylla Harv., Lotononis prolifera (E.Mey.) B.-E.van Wyk |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2011/06/07 |
Assessor(s) | D.A. Kamundi & L. von Staden |
Justification | A rare and very poorly known species known from only seven collections. Not enough is known about its habitat or population to determine its status. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Port Elizabeth to Queenstown. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Tarkastad Montane Shrubland, Kouga Grassy Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Dry rocky plains. |
Threats |
| Unknown. |
Population |
Leobordea prolifera is known only from a few, scattered records with imprecise locality information, with the most recent collection dating from 1897.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lotononis prolifera (E.Mey.) B.-E.van Wyk | Data Deficient | 2012.1 | | Lotononis prolifera (E.Mey.) B.-E.van Wyk | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Boatwright, J.S., Wink, M. and Van Wyk, B.E. 2011. The generic concept of Lotononis (Crotalarieae, Fabaceae): Reinstatement of the genera Euchlora, Leobordea and Listia and the new genus Ezoloba. Taxon 60(1):161-177.
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.
Van Wyk, B.E. 1991. A synopsis of the genus Lotononis (Fabaceae: Crotalarieae). Contributions from the Bolus Herbarium 14:1-292.
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Citation |
| Kamundi, D.A. & von Staden, L. 2011. Leobordea prolifera (E.Mey.) B.-E.van Wyk & Boatwr. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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