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Scientific Name | Lachnaea greytonensis Beyers |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | THYMELAEACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2004/12/21 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor & J.B.P. Beyers |
Justification | A range-restricted endemic (EOO<100 km²), known from two locations. This reseeding species is potentially threatened by a deleterious fire regime. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Riviersonderend Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos, North Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Montane fynbos on sandy soils, 640-830 m. |
Threats |
| Habitat degradation |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lachnaea greytonensis Beyers | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Lachnaea greytonensis Beyers | VU D2 | Victor (2002) | | Lachnaea greytonensis 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.
Victor, J.E. 2002. South Africa. In: J.S. Golding (ed), Southern African plant Red Data Lists. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 14 (pp. 93-120), SABONET, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Victor, J.E. & Beyers, J.B.P. 2004. Lachnaea greytonensis Beyers. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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