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Scientific Name | Cyclopia squamosa A.L.Schutte |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered D |
Assessment Date | 2006/10/25 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme |
Justification | This species occurs at extremely low densities. Only 10 plants, occurring at a single site, are currently known, and these are vulnerable to too frequent fires. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species occurs in Wemmershoek Peak. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Hawequas Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Plants grow in deep, peaty soils on upper, south-facing sandstone slopes. |
Threats |
| This species is a reseeder and low population numbers make it extremely vulnerable to too frequent fire. The only known location is also potentially threatened by alien plant invasion — scattered pines are already present at the site. |
Population |
This species is very rare, known from only 10 plants. Wemmershoek is fairly well explored. The fact that it has only been collected twice in the last 60 years and that only 10 plants could be found in recent searches indicates that this is a very rare and thus vulnerable species.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cyclopia squamosa A.L.Schutte | CR D | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Cyclopia squamosa A.L.Schutte | Rare | 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.
Schutte, A.L. 1997. Systematics of the genus Cyclopia Vent. (Fabaceae, Podalyrieae). Edinburgh Journal of Botany 54(2):125-170.
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Citation |
| Helme, N.A. 2006. Cyclopia squamosa A.L.Schutte. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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