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Scientific Name | Otholobium dreweae C.H.Stirt. & Muasya |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/12/13 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | One known location is potentially threatened by alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Kleinrivier Mountains above Hermanus. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Western Coastal Shale Band Vegetation |
Description | Montane fynbos on shale bands, 400 m. |
Threats |
| This species is potentially threatened by alien plants - there are severe invasions of aliens at low to mid altitudes on the Kleinrivier Mountains, and the shale bands where this species occurs are particularly susceptible to invasion by alien plants. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Otholobium dreweae C.H.Stirt. | Endangered | 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. 1989. A revision of Otholobium C.H.Stirton (Papilionoideae, Leguminosae). Unpublished Ph.D., University of Cape Town, Cape Town.
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Citation |
| Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Otholobium dreweae C.H.Stirt. & Muasya. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/22 |
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