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Scientific Name | Lepidium pinnatum Thunb. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | BRASSICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2018/05/28 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Lepidium pinnatum is a rare habitat specialist, with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 1580 km², and is known from four to five locations. It is potentially threatened by competition from alien invasive plants, and is therefore listed as Vulnerable under criterion D. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa, and is found from Northern Cape Peninsula to Wemmershoek and western Riviersonderend Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos, South Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos, Hawequas Sandstone Fynbos, Boland Granite Fynbos |
Description | It occurs in shaded ledges or sheltered cracks in rocks. |
Threats |
| Lepidium pinnatum is potentially threatened by competition from alien invasive plants in the Wemmershoek Mountains and the northern slopes of the Riviersonderend Mountains. |
Population |
It is a rare and localized habitat specialist, but possibly also overlooked in inaccessible montane areas.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lepidium pinnatum Thunb. | VU D2 | 2020.1 | | Lepidium pinnatum Thunb. | Least Concern | 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.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Marais, W. 1970. Cruciferae. In: L.E. Codd, B. De Winter, D.J.B. Killick and H.B. Rycroft (eds). Flora of southern Africa 13:1-118. Botanical Research 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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2018. Lepidium pinnatum Thunb. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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