Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Wahlenbergia tetramera Thulin
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
CAMPANULACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Rare
Assessment Date
2006/11/17
Assessor(s)
W.G. Welman & J.E. Victor
Justification
A habitat specialist, known from two sites and not threatened.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
KwaZulu-Natal
Range
Central Drakensberg Mountains.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
uKhahlamba Basalt Grassland
Description
Basalt cliffs, subalpine grassland, 2200 m.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Wahlenbergia tetramera ThulinRare Raimondo et al. (2009)
Wahlenbergia tetramera ThulinVU D2Victor (2002)
Wahlenbergia tetramera ThulinData Deficient Scott-Shaw (1999)
Wahlenbergia tetramera ThulinIndeterminate Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Bibliography

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.


Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.


Victor, J.E. 2002. South Africa. In: J.S. Golding (ed), Southern African plant Red Data Lists. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 14 (pp. 93-120), SABONET, Pretoria.


Citation
Welman, W.G. & Victor, J.E. 2006. Wahlenbergia tetramera Thulin. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/07/03

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