Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Wiborgia tetraptera E.Mey.
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
FABACEAE
Synonyms
Jacksonago tetraptera (E.Mey.) Kuntze
National Status
Status and Criteria
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2020/09/20
Assessor(s)
W. Foden & L. Potter
Justification
Wiborgia tetraptera is widespread and not threatened. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Northern Cape, Western Cape
Range
This species is found in Northern and Western Cape, from in Calvinia and Nieuwoudtville to Malmesbury and the Hex River Valley.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Fynbos
Description
It occurs in fynbos-renosterveld transitional vegetation.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Wiborgia tetraptera E.Mey.Least Concern Raimondo et al. (2009)
Bibliography

Dahlgren, R. 1975. Studies on Wiborgia Thunb. and related species of Lebeckia Thunb. (Fabaceae). Opera Botanica 38:1-83.


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.


Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity 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
Foden, W. & Potter, L. 2020. Wiborgia tetraptera E.Mey. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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