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Scientific Name | Lidbeckia pinnata J.C.Manning & N.A.Helme |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(ii,iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2016/01/25 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme, J.H. Vlok & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Known from five widely scattered locations (EOO 1818 km²). It is suspected that much of its habitat has been lost to agriculture and alien plant invasion in the past. One of the three known subpopulations is threatened by agriculture and quarrying. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Robertson to Mossel Bay. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Garden Route Shale Fynbos, Garden Route Granite Fynbos, Robertson Granite Fynbos |
Description | South-facing granite-derived loams. |
Threats |
| Renosterveld between Robertson and Mossel Bay has been extensively converted to crop fields, and only small, isolated fragments remain. Remaining subpopulations are threatened by competition from spreading, unmanaged alien invasive wattles and hakeas. Around Mossel Bay, habitat loss to crop cultivation, coastal development and quarrying continues. |
Population |
A very rare species known from only a few collections. It is large, showy and difficult to miss, and therefore unlikely to be under-sampled. Subpopulations are small, localized and highly disjunct.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lidbeckia pinnata J.C.Manning & N.A.Helme | EN B1ab(ii,iii,v) | 2014.1 | | Lidbeckia sp. nov. (Helme 2698 NBG) | EN B1ab(ii,iii,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity 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., Vlok, J.H. & Raimondo, D. 2016. Lidbeckia pinnata J.C.Manning & N.A.Helme. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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