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Scientific Name | Leobordea polycephala (E.Mey.) B.-E.van Wyk & Boatwr. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Lotononis polycephala Benth. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered A2ac; B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2006/03/08 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme, D. Raimondo & J.E. Victor |
Justification | A range-restricted species (EOO<600 km²) that has lost >50% of its habitat to crop cultivation in the past 60 years (generation length estimated to be 30 years). Ongoing habitat degradation as a result of overgrazing by large herds of feral donkeys and domestic sheep and cattle is causing a continuing decline at four known locations. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Namaqualand, Kamiesberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Namaqualand Granite Renosterveld, Kamiesberg Granite Fynbos |
Description | Renosterveld flats with seasonally wet granite loams, 1000-1200 m. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss, Habitat degradation |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lotononis polycephala Benth. | EN A2ac; B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v) | 2012.1 | | Lotononis polycephala Benth. | EN A2ac; B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Lotononis polycephala Benth. | Indeterminate | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
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.
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.
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 |
| Helme, N.A., Raimondo, D. & Victor, J.E. 2006. Leobordea polycephala (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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