Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Lachnaea oliverorum Beyers
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
THYMELAEACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Vulnerable D2
Assessment Date
2004/12/21
Assessor(s)
J.B.P. Beyers & J.E. Victor
Justification
A slow growing reseeder that is potentially threatened by too frequent fire, known from two subpopulations occurring ± 18 km apart.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Waboomsberg near Montagu.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
North Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos
Description
Montane fynbos, in sandy soils, 1200-1400 m.
Threats
Habitat degradation
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Lachnaea oliverorum BeyersVU D2Raimondo et al. (2009)
Lachnaea oliverorum BeyersVulnerable 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.


Citation
Beyers, J.B.P. & Victor, J.E. 2004. Lachnaea oliverorum Beyers. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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