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Scientific Name | Psoralea gueinzii Harv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Extinct |
Assessment Date | 2008/02/04 |
Assessor(s) | C.H. Stirton & D. Raimondo |
Justification | This species was last collected in 1927, and subsequently >90% of its habitat has been transformed to vineyards and urban expansion, and remaining fragments are severely degraded by alien plant infestation. Repeated searches have failed to locate surviving individuals. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Stellenbosch. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Lowland fynbos, marshy places. |
Threats |
| Urban development and crop cultivation for vineyards are severe past threats that lead to complete distruction of this species' habitat. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Psoralea gueinzii Harv. | Extinct | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Psoralea gueinzii Harv. | Extinct | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
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.
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 |
| Stirton, C.H. & Raimondo, D. 2008. Psoralea gueinzii Harv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/01 |
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