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Scientific Name | Leobordea lanata (Thunb.) B.-E.van Wyk & Boatwr. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Lotononis bolusii Dummer, Lotononis bolusii Dummer var. sessilis Dummer |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) |
Assessment Date | 2012/11/08 |
Assessor(s) | A.L. Schutte-Vlok, D.A. Kamundi, D. Raimondo & L. von Staden |
Justification | A very rare, poorly known species, known from only five collections in an area now more than 90% transformed to crop fields. Despite the area being botanically well explored, including the area where it was last recorded in 1986, it has not been seen again and is possibly extinct. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Piekenierskloof Pass to Hopefield and Gouda. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Piketberg Sandstone Fynbos, Olifants Sandstone Fynbos, Hopefield Sand Fynbos, Leipoldtville Sand Fynbos, Swartland Alluvium Fynbos |
Description | Lowland sand fynbos. |
Threats |
| Expanding crop fields has caused more than 90% transformation of this species' range. |
Population |
A rare and very poorly known species, from a small area now more than 90% transformed to crop fields. Most records are very old, with imprecise locality descriptions, and this species' exact habitat requirements are not known. It was last collected in 1986, despite the area being botanically well explored.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lotononis bolusii Dummer | Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) | 2012.1 | | Lotononis bolusii Dummer | Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) | 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.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
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 |
| Schutte-Vlok, A.L., Kamundi, D.A., Raimondo, D. & von Staden, L. 2012. Leobordea lanata (Thunb.) B.-E.van Wyk & Boatwr. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/31 |
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