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Scientific Name | Otholobium rubicundum C.H.Stirt. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered B1ab(iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2006/11/30 |
Assessor(s) | J.H. Vlok & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO<100 km², fewer than five severely fragmented subpopulations remain on isolated renosterveld fragments after most of the habitat has been transformed for crop cultivation. Decline is continuing due to livestock overgrazing. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Lower slopes of the Swartberg Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Montagu Shale Renosterveld, Kango Limestone Renosterveld, Kango Conglomerate Fynbos, Swartberg Shale Fynbos, Central Inland Shale Band Vegetation |
Description | Transitional renosterveld and arid montane fynbos, 650 m. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss, Habitat degradation |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Otholobium rubicundum C.H.Stirt. | CR B1ab(iii,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Otholobium rubicundum C.H.Stirt. | Vulnerable | 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 Unpublished Ph.D., University of Cape Town, Cape Town.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 |
| Vlok, J.H. & Raimondo, D. 2006. Otholobium rubicundum C.H.Stirt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/22 |
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