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Scientific Name | Lotononis lamprifolia B.-E.van Wyk |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered B1ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2006/11/30 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & J.H. Vlok |
Justification | EOO<20 km², fewer than 500 mature individuals at a single location are declining due to livestock grazing and habitat loss to erosion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Langeberg Mountains between Muiskraal and Lemoenshoek. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Montagu Shale Renosterveld, North Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Arid fynbos on northern slopes, 300 m. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss, Habitat degradation |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lotononis lamprifolia B.-E.van Wyk | CR B1ab(iii) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Lotononis lamprifolia B.-E.van Wyk | Indeterminate | 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.
Van Wyk, B.E. 1989. Studies in the genus Lotononis (Crotalarieae, Fabaceae). 2. Three new species of the section Telina from the Cape Province. Bothalia 19(1):1-5.
Van Wyk, B.E. 1991. A synopsis of the genus Lotononis (Fabaceae: Crotalarieae). Contributions from the Bolus Herbarium 14:1-292.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D. & Vlok, J.H. 2006. Lotononis lamprifolia B.-E.van Wyk. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/19 |
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