|
Scientific Name | Argyrolobium parviflorum T.J.Edwards |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2006/05/19 |
Assessor(s) | T.J. Edwards, D. Raimondo & L. Potter |
Justification | A range-restricted species (EOO < 100 km²), known from only two sites but it is likely to occur elsewhere in the vast, unexplored areas within the Baviaanskloof Wilderness Area, where it is not likely to be threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Baviaanskloof Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Kouga Grassy Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Arid fynbos, 300-1 500 m. |
Threats |
| No threats have been recorded, there is still substantial intact habitat in the protected wilderness area where this species occurs. |
Population |
This species is considered rare as it is only known from three collections from two localities in the Baviaanskloof range, it is a large flowered conspicuous species and if it were more common it should have been collected more often. T. Edwards was not able to find more subpopulations of this species.
|
Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
| Baviaanskloof Wilderness Area. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Argyrolobium parviflorum T.J.Edwards | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Argyrolobium parviflorum T.J.Edwards | Indeterminate | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Edwards, T.J. 2005. A synopsis of Argyrolobium (tribe Genisteae, Papilionoideae) in South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 71(3):380-417.
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.
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.
|
Citation |
| Edwards, T.J., Raimondo, D. & Potter, L. 2006. Argyrolobium parviflorum T.J.Edwards. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
Comment on this assessment
