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Scientific Name | Otholobium macradenium (Harv.) C.H.Stirt. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Psoralea macradenia Harv. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2006/08/29 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & L. von Staden |
Justification | A high altitude habitat specialist known from only five small, localized subpopulations. It is a resprouter that is not impacted by too frequent fire. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Langeberg and Swartberg Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Swartberg Sandstone Fynbos, North Swartberg Sandstone Fynbos, South Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos, North Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Dry mountains, fynbos slopes 1100-1500 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Otholobium macradenium (Harv.) C.H.Stirt. | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Otholobium macradenium (Harv.) C.H.Stirt. | 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.
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.
Stirton, C. 1986. Notes on the genus Otholobium (Psoraleeae, Fabaceae). South African Journal of Botany 52(1):1-6.
Stirton, C. 1989. A revision of Otholobium C.H.Stirton (Papilionoideae, Leguminosae). Unpublished Ph.D., University of Cape Town, Cape Town.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D. & von Staden, L. 2006. Otholobium macradenium (Harv.) C.H.Stirt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/22 |
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