Otholobium lucens

Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Otholobium lucens C.H.Stirt. & Muasya
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
FABACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Vulnerable D2
Assessment Date
2007/12/13
Assessor(s)
D. Raimondo
Justification
EOO<50 km², three known locations are potentially threatened by crop cultivation and infrastructure expansion.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Foothills of the Groot Swartberg Mountains.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Kango Limestone Renosterveld
Description
Transition soils between shale and sandstone.
Threats
Habitat loss
Population
Population trend
Stable
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.


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.


Stirton, C. 1989. A revision of Otholobium C.H.Stirton (Papilionoideae, Leguminosae). Unpublished Ph.D., University of Cape Town, Cape Town.


Citation
Raimondo, D. 2007. Otholobium lucens C.H.Stirt. & Muasya. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/12/06

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