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Scientific Name | Lachnaea rupestris Beyers |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | THYMELAEACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2008/04/03 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A range-restricted species (EOO <250 km²), known from fewer than five locations and potentially threatened by alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Stettynsberg to Riviersonderend Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos, North Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos, Hawequas Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Montane fynbos, rocky places, 1500 m. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by invasive alien plants. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lachnaea rupestris Beyers | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Lachnaea rupestris Beyers | Vulnerable | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Beyers, J.B.P. 2001. The Cape genus Lachnaea (Thymeleaceae): a monograph. Strelitzia 11:1-115. National Botanical Institute, Pretora.
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.
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Citation |
| Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2008. Lachnaea rupestris Beyers. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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