Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Otholobium pustulatum C.H.Stirt.
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
FABACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Rare
Assessment Date
2005/09/27
Assessor(s)
L. Potter
Justification
A range-restricted species (EOO<35 km²), known from two subpopulations, but not threatened.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Northern Cape
Range
Namaqualand, from Spektakel Pass to Komaggas.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Succulent Karoo
Description
Mountain renosterveld, 700-800 m.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Otholobium pustulatum C.H.Stirt.Rare Raimondo et al. (2009)
Otholobium pustulatum C.H.Stirt.Rare 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.


Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. 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 Unpublished Ph.D., University of Cape Town, Cape Town.


Stirton, C.H. 1991. Notes on the genus Otholobium (Psoraleeae, Fabaceae). 5. Four new species from Namaqualand, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 57(2):123-127.


Citation
Potter, L. 2005. Otholobium pustulatum C.H.Stirt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2020.1. Accessed on 2022/05/22

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