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Scientific Name | Lampranthus inaequalis (Haw.) N.E.Br. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AIZOACEAE |
Synonyms | Lampranthus bicolor (L.) N.E.Br. var. inaequale (Haw.) Schwantes, Mesembryanthemum bicolor L. var. inaequale (Haw.) A.Berger, Mesembryanthemum inaequale Haw. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Taxonomically Problematic |
Assessment Date | 2017/08/10 |
Assessor(s) | C. Klak & L. von Staden |
Justification | This taxon is only known from the type specimen, collected at an unspecified locality. It is considered insufficiently distinct from L. bicolor to warrant recognition as a separate taxon (Klak in Manning and Goldblatt 2012). The genus Lampranthus is under revision. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species is said to originate from the 'Cape of Good Hope' (Sonder 1861), but its precise distribution range is not known. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Description | Unknown. |
Threats |
| Unknown. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lampranthus inaequalis (Haw.) N.E.Br. | DDT | 2020.1 | | Lampranthus inaequalis (Haw.) N.E.Br. | Data Deficient | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Hartmann, H.E.K. 2002. Illustrated handbook of succulent plants: Aizoaceae F-Z. Springer, Berlin.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity 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.
Sonder, W. 1861. Mesembryaceae: Mesembryanthemum. In: W.H. Harvey and O.W. Sonder (eds). Flora Capensis II (Leguminosae to Loranthaceae):386-460. Hodges, Smith and Co., Dublin.
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Citation |
| Klak, C. & von Staden, L. 2017. Lampranthus inaequalis (Haw.) N.E.Br. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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