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Scientific Name | Lotononis complanata B.-E.van Wyk |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered A2c; B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2016/07/03 |
Assessor(s) | A.L. Schutte-Vlok, N.A. Helme, D. Raimondo & L. von Staden |
Justification | Two subpopulations remain within a small area (EOO 18 km²), after an estimated 50-70% population reduction over the past three generations due to habitat loss to agricultural expansion. This species continues to decline outside protected areas due to ongoing habitat degradation. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Eastern Swartland between Saron and Wellington. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Swartland Shale Renosterveld, Swartland Alluvium Fynbos |
Description | Fynbos-renosterveld ecotone in an alluvial fynbos lowland habitat, where soils are a mixture of shale and sandstone. |
Threats |
| Less than 30% of this species' habitat remains after most has been converted to crop fields. Loss continues, and small remaining fragments continue to be degraded predominantly due to overgrazing, a lack of fire and spreading, unmanaged alien invasive plants (N.A. Helme pers. obs.). |
Population |
This species is known from two small remaining subpopulations. One subpopulation is protected in a private nature reserve, and appears to be stable. The second subpopulation is likely to continue to decline due to heavy overgrazing and spreading alien invasive plants. The species is a long-lived resprouter (generation length 30 years), and based on more than 70% habitat loss over the past three generations, it is estimated that the population has declined by at least 50%.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lotononis complanata B.-E.van Wyk | EN A2c | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Lotononis complanata B.-E.van Wyk | 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.
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 |
| Schutte-Vlok, A.L., Helme, N.A., Raimondo, D. & von Staden, L. 2016. Lotononis complanata B.-E.van Wyk. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/19 |
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