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Scientific Name | Lebeckia zeyheri M.M.le Roux & B.-E.van Wyk |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) |
Assessment Date | 2008/03/10 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & M.M. le Roux |
Justification | Known only from the type, collected more than 100 years ago. The farm and surrounding areas are now extensively transformed for wheat cultivation, and searches of small habitat fragments failed to locate any surviving individuals. It is quite likely extinct. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Swartland, Klipfontein. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Swartland Shale Renosterveld |
Description | Renosterveld on shale soils. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lebeckia zeyheri M.M.le Roux & B.-E.van Wyk | Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Le Roux, M.M. and Van Wyk, B.-E. 2008. A revision of Lebeckia sect. Lebeckia: The L. plukenetiana group (Fabaceae, Crotalarieae). South African Journal of Botany 74:600-676.
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. & le Roux, M.M. 2008. Lebeckia zeyheri M.M.le Roux & B.-E.van Wyk. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/31 |
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