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Scientific Name | Liparia laevigata (L.) Thunb. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Borbonia laevigata L., Liparia umbellata L., Liparia villosa Thunb., Priestleya laevigata (L.) DC., Priestleya laevigata (L.) Druce, Priestleya thunbergii Benth., Priestleya thunbergii Benth. var. villosa Harv., Priestleya umbellifera Eckl. & Zeyh. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D1+2 |
Assessment Date | 2016/07/03 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme, A.L. Schutte-Vlok & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A range-restricted (EOO 147 km²) and localized habitat specialist (AOO <20 km²), occurring in small subpopulations, typically consisting of fewer than 100 plants, with the total population size estimated to number less than 1000 mature individuals. Potentially threatened by alien plant invasion and too frequent fire. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cape Peninsula. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Marshy places, 740-1030 m. |
Threats |
| Although most of this species' habitat is protected and managed for conservation, its proximity to a densely populated urban area makes fire management extremely difficult. Table Mountain is often set on fire either deliberately or through negligence. Alien invasive plants have been largely cleared from the Cape Peninsula, but continued management and clearing are required to prevent re-invasion. It has declined in the Constantia area in the past due to habitat loss to timber plantations. |
Population |
Five to six subpopulations have been surveyed, and none of these had more than 70 plants. Not all of this species' habitat has yet been surveyed, and it is possible that there are still a few undiscovered stands of this species on Table Mountain. It has not been found on Constantiaberg, where it is known from historical records, and may be locally extinct in this area. The total population size is therefore estimated to be less than 1000 mature individuals.
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Population trend | Stable |
Notes |
| Plants flower in October. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Liparia laevigata (L.) Thunb. | VU D1+2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Liparia laevigata (L.) Thunb. | Rare | 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. 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.
Schutte, A.L. and Van Wyk, B.-E. 1994. A reapprisal of the generic status of Liparia and Priestleya (Fabaceae). Taxon 43:573-582.
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Citation |
| Helme, N.A., Schutte-Vlok, A.L. & Raimondo, D. 2016. Liparia laevigata (L.) Thunb. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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