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Scientific Name | Otholobium accrescens C.H.Stirt. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened A2c |
Assessment Date | 2009/02/19 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo |
Justification | Two locations are known, but this is an overlooked species that is likely to be more common. A population reduction of 20% is estimated based on habitat loss to forestry plantations over the past 100 years. This is a long-lived resprouter, generation length >50 years. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Eastern foothills of the Elandsberg and Groot Winterhoek Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Fynbos, 550-650 m. |
Threats |
| Afforestation 20 % of the known distribution range has been lost to commercial forestry plantations. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Otholobium accrescens C.H.Stirt. | NT A2c | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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.
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.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D. 2009. Otholobium accrescens C.H.Stirt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/22 |
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