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Scientific Name | Wahlenbergia tumida Brehmer |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | CAMPANULACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2008/04/03 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo, W.G. Welman & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Known from two collections before 1954, no habitat information is known. If this species occurs in sandy soils it may be threatened by rooibos tea cultivation. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Bokkeveld Escarpment and Vanrhynsdorp. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Unknown. |
Threats |
| Possibly threatened by Rooibos tea cultivation. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Wahlenbergia tumida Brehmer | Data Deficient | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Wahlenbergia tumida Brehmer | Data Deficient | Victor (2002) | | Wahlenbergia tumida Brehmer | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Wahlenbergia tumida Brehmer | Uncertain | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
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.
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.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D., Welman, W.G. & Victor, J.E. 2008. Wahlenbergia tumida Brehmer. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/07/03 |
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