Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Rafnia angulata Thunb. subsp. montana G.J.Campbell & B.-E.van Wyk
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
FABACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Critically Rare
Assessment Date
2006/05/10
Assessor(s)
D. Raimondo & G. Campbell-Young
Justification
Known from one site (EOO<10 km²) in a protected area. A resprouter that is not threatened by too frequent fire.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Klein Swartberg Mountains.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Swartberg Altimontane Sandstone Fynbos
Description
Alpine montane fynbos, on flat areas or mountain peaks and burnt slopes, 2000 m.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Rafnia angulata Thunb. subsp. montana G.J.Campbell & B.-E.van WykCritically Rare Raimondo et al. (2009)
Bibliography

Campbell, G.J. and Van Wyk, B.-E. 2001. A taxonomic revision of Rafnia (Fabaceae, Crotalarieae). South African Journal of Botany 67(2):90-149.


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
Raimondo, D. & Campbell-Young, G. 2006. Rafnia angulata Thunb. subsp. montana G.J.Campbell & B.-E.van Wyk. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13

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