Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Aspalathus lenticula Bolus
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
FABACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Critically Endangered B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)
Assessment Date
2008/11/05
Assessor(s)
D. Raimondo & K. Marais
Justification
Until recently this species was only known from the type collection, made in 1896 in the Tulbagh Valley, an area which is now extensively transformed to vineyards. It was thought extinct until a subpopulation was discovered in 2007 on a small renosterveld fragment near Paarl, EOO and AOO 2 km². Individuals at this location are declining due to dense alien plant invasions and fertiliser and herbicide runoff from surrounding agricultural fields.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Tulbagh to Paarl.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Swartland Shale Renosterveld, Swartland Alluvium Fynbos
Description
Renosterveld-fynbos scrub, 230 m.
Threats
Invasive Alien Species (direct effects), Habitat loss, Habitat degradation
Population
Population trend
Decreasing
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Aspalathus lenticula BolusCR B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)Raimondo et al. (2009)
Aspalathus lenticula BolusInsufficiently Known Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Aspalathus lenticula BolusUncertain Hall et al. (1980)
Bibliography

Dahlgren, R. 1988. Crotalarieae (Aspalathus). In: O.A. Leistner (ed). Flora of southern Africa 16 Fabaceae, Part 3 Papilionoideae, Fascicle 6:1-430. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.


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.


Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.


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.


Citation
Raimondo, D. & Marais, K. 2008. Aspalathus lenticula Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/07/26

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