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Scientific Name | Amphithalea bodkinii Dummer |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2009/07/29 |
Assessor(s) | A.L. Schutte-Vlok & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A high altitude habitat specialist, known from five locations. Potentially threatened by alien plant invasions and too frequent fire. A very rare and possibly cryptic species that has not been collected for 35 years. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Wemmershoek and Franschhoek Mountains, Grabouw Peak and between Louwshoek Peak and Villiersdorp. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Elgin Shale Fynbos, Cape Winelands Shale Fynbos, Boland Granite Fynbos, Western Coastal Shale Band Vegetation, Northern Inland Shale Band Vegetation |
Description | Fynbos, on marshy, south-facing slopes above 1000 m. |
Threats |
| Potential threats include too frequent fires. The area above Franschhoek - including Wemmershoek has burnt twice in the past six years. Alien species (especially Hakea) are a major threat around Franschhoek but there is uncertainty as to the location of these populations and whether or not they are affected by aliens. |
Population |
A very rare and infrequently collected species.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Amphithalea bodkinii Dummer | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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. & Raimondo, D. 2009. Amphithalea bodkinii Dummer. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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