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Scientific Name | Lampranthus purpureus L.Bolus |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AIZOACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2020/02/28 |
Assessor(s) | C. Klak, D. Raimondo, P.F. Matlamela & L. von Staden |
Justification | Lampranthus purpureus is a poorly known species, last recorded in the wild in the 1930s. Based on currently available data, its risk of extinction cannot be assessed, and is therefore listed as Data Deficient. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa, and is known from a single collection from the Olifants River Valley at Keerom. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Winterhoek Sandstone Fynbos, Olifants Sandstone Fynbos, Graafwater Sandstone Fynbos, Hawequas Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Its precise habitat is not known, it is suspected to occur on rocky slopes in sandstone fynbos. |
Threats |
| There are no known threats to Lampranthus purpureus. |
Population |
This species is only known from the type collection, dating from the 1930s. It is possibly overlooked, as Lampranthus is taxonomically problematic and in need of revision, making most specimens difficult to identify with certainty. Field surveys are needed to relocate this species in the wild. Currently, nothing is known about the population size, structure or trend.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lampranthus purpureus L.Bolus | Data Deficient | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Bolus, H.M.L. 1936-1958. Notes on Mesembryanthemum and allied genera Part III. University of Cape Town, Bolus Herbarium, Cape Town.
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.
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.
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Citation |
| Klak, C., Raimondo, D., Matlamela, P.F. & von Staden, L. 2020. Lampranthus purpureus L.Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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