Eighty of the 117 herbarium records for this species were collected before 1980 and it is now extinct at most of these locations. It has suffered a minimum of a 30% decline over the past three generations (30 years).
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Clanwilliam to Cape Peninsula to Franschhoek and the Breede River Valley.
It may have disappeared from the Cape Peninsula as a result of urban development as no recent collections have been made. Only a very few recent collections are known from the sandy flats up the west coast and in the Tygerberg area (Beyers revision). N.A. Helme (2006) listed urbanisation (Cape Flats), agriculture (esp. vineyards, potatoes, rooibos); invasive alien species (acacia - severe) as threats to this species.
Population
Population trend
Decreasing
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Lachnaea capitata (L.) Crantz
VU A2ac
Raimondo et al. (2009)
Lachnaea capitata (L.) Crantz
VU A1c
Victor (2002)
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.
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.
Citation
Beyers, J.B.P., Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2006. Lachnaea capitata (L.) Crantz. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/18
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