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Scientific Name | Lepidium mossii Thell. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | BRASSICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2005/10/05 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor & M.F. Pfab |
Justification | Known from two disjunct collections, one from Gauteng and another from the Free State. The subpopulation in Gauteng is probably extinct, while there are probably no serious threats to the subpopulation in the Free State. Not enough is known about the distribution, specific habitat or current population status of this species to determine its status. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Gauteng |
Range | Nancefield and Free State. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland |
Description | Unknown. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lepidium mossii Thell. | Data Deficient | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Lepidium mossii Thell. | Data Deficient | Pfab and Victor (2002) | |
Bibliography |
Pfab, M.F. and Victor, J.E. 2002. Threatened plants of Gauteng, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 68:370-375.
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 |
| Victor, J.E. & Pfab, M.F. 2005. Lepidium mossii Thell. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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