Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Liparia graminifolia L.
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
FABACEAE
Synonyms
Borbonia graminifolia (L.) Lam., Priestleya graminifolia (L.) DC.
National Status
Status and Criteria
Extinct
Assessment Date
2012/12/11
Assessor(s)
A.L. Schutte-Vlok & F. Daniels
Justification
Last collected in 1829 at 'Doornhoogte' (present-day Mowbray) on the Cape Flats. It is extinct due to urban development.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Cape Flats.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Fynbos
Description
Acid lowland sands.
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Liparia graminifolia L.Extinct Raimondo et al. (2009)
Liparia graminifolia L.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.


Helme, N.A. and Trinder-Smith, T.H. 2006. The endemic flora of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 72(2):205-210.


Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red Data List of southern African plants. 1. Corrections and additions. Bothalia 26(2):177-182.


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.


Schutte, A.L. 1997. Systematics of the genus Liparia (Fabaceae). Nordic Journal of Botany 17(1):11-37.


Citation
Schutte-Vlok, A.L. & Daniels, F. 2012. Liparia graminifolia L. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/31

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