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Scientific Name | Lotononis filiformis B.-E.van Wyk |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2008/02/12 |
Assessor(s) | J.H. Vlok & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO 610 km², three known locations are declining due to dense alien hakea invasion of the habitat. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Northern lower slopes of the Outeniqua Mountains between Vanwyksdorp and Herold. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | North Rooiberg Sandstone Fynbos, North Outeniqua Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Renosterveld-fynbos scrub in arid fynbos, 430-530 m. |
Threats |
| Hakeas are a severe threat, most of this species' renosterveld fynbos transition habitat is becoming severely invaded by hakeas. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lotononis filiformis B.-E.van Wyk | EN B1ab(iii) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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.
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. 1990. Studies in the genus Lotononis (Crotalarieae). 14. Three new species of the sections Telina and Polylobium. Bothalia 20(1):75-80.
Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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Citation |
| Vlok, J.H. & Raimondo, D. 2008. Lotononis filiformis B.-E.van Wyk. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/07 |
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