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Scientific Name | Lepidium bipinnatum Thunb. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | BRASSICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2019/11/09 |
Assessor(s) | D.A. Kamundi & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Lepidium bipinnatum is a poorly known species recorded only from two specimen collections from the central Karoo. With ongoing degradation of habitat as a result of livestock overgrazing and the impacts of ongoing drought, this species is highly likely to be threatened however currently too little information is available to determine a category of threat. It is listed as Data Deficient. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa, and is found from Fraserburg to Richmond. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Western Upper Karoo |
Description | Its habitat is unknown. |
Threats |
| Lepidium bipinnatum is threatened by ongoing degradation of habitat as a result of livestock overgrazing, the increasing frequency of drought events is also causing habitat degradation. |
Population |
There is no information available on the population of this species.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lepidium bipinnatum Thunb. | DDD | 2020.1 | | Lepidium bipinnatum Thunb. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Magee, A.R. and Boatwright, J.S. (eds). In prep. Plants of the Karoo: A Conspectus of the Nama-Karoo and Adjacent Summer-Rainfall Regions of the Northern and Western Cape Provinces. Strelitzia.
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 |
| Kamundi, D.A. & Victor, J.E. 2019. Lepidium bipinnatum Thunb. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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