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Scientific Name | Lampranthus filicaulis (Haw.) N.E.Br. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AIZOACEAE |
Synonyms | Mesembryanthemum filicaule Haw. |
Common Names | Threadleaf Brightfig (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable A2c |
Assessment Date | 2006/05/10 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme, C. Klak & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A population reduction of 30% is suspected to have occurred over the past 45 years (generation length 15-20 years), based on the rate of population decline observed in the past 10 years. Crop cultivation has caused extensive habitat loss in the past, and housing development is causing an ongoing loss of remaining habitat. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Tulbagh to Cape Flats to Bot River. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Breede Alluvium Renosterveld, Swartland Alluvium Fynbos, Lourensford Alluvium Fynbos, Atlantis Sand Fynbos, Cape Flats Sand Fynbos, Hangklip Sand Fynbos, Boland Granite Fynbos, Peninsula Granite Fynbos, Breede Alluvium Fynbos, Breede Quartzite Fynbos, Langebaan Dune Strandveld, Swartland Silcrete Renosterveld, Ruens Silcrete Renosterveld, Swartland Granite Renosterveld, Peninsula Shale Renosterveld, Western Ruens Shale Renosterveld, Breede Shale Renosterveld, Swartland Shale Renosterveld, Saldanha Granite Strandveld, Breede Shale Fynbos |
Description | Seasonally wet alluvial sands overlaying koffieklip. |
Threats |
| Agriculture was listed as a severe threat in the past and this is still ongoing around Darling. Housing developments are the principal ongoing threat to this species, at all locations. There has been an observed loss of subpopulations at Uitkamp, Kranskop, Rondebosch common and Harmony flats which has lead to >10% loss of total population in past 10 years, and >30% loss in past 30 years. This species is a clonal species that is long lived survives >10 years. Invasive alien plant species are a severe past, present and future threat at majority of localities. |
Population |
The largest subpopulation is at Kranskop, but doesn't contain more than 90% of individuals.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Conservation |
| On Rondebosch common, which is not truly conserved. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lampranthus filicaulis (Haw.) N.E.Br. | VU A2c | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Lampranthus filicaulis (Haw.) N.E.Br. | Vulnerable | 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.
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Citation |
| Helme, N.A., Klak, C. & Raimondo, D. 2006. Lampranthus filicaulis (Haw.) N.E.Br. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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