| IUCN Species Information Service (SIS) Toolkit |
| Assessment Report | |
| Taxonomy | ||||
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| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
| PLANTAE | TRACHEOPHYTA | MAGNOLIOPSIDA | FABALES | FABACEAE |
| Scientific Name: | Leobordea spicata |
| Species Authority: | (Compton) B.-E.van Wyk & Boatwr. |
| Common Name/s: - | |
| Synonym/s: | Lotononis spicata Compton |
| Taxonomic Notes: | - |
| Assessment Information | |
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Endangered B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) |
| Year Assessed: | - |
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| Justification: Leobordea spicata has a very restricted distribution, with an estimated extent of occurrence of 815.601 km2 and an area of occupancy of 16 km2. The majority of the population is under threat from overgrazing by livestock resulting in ongoing habitat degradation. Based on this, it has been assessed as Endangered, under Criteria B1 and B2. Date last seen: 1994 | |
| History: | - |
| Geographic Range | |
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| Range Description: | This species is known from four or five localities in the Eswatini highveld, the distribution extending from the Mankayane area in the south to the mountains near Maguga in the north. The elevation for these records is based on coordinates estimated from locality descriptions and might have a high degree of error, due to the mountainous topography of the area. |
| Countries: | Native: Eswatini; |
| Population | |
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| Population: | This species is known from five records, probably from four localities, within the Eswatini highveld. No population surveys have been carried out, and the most recent records for this species are from 1994. |
| Population Trend: | Unknown |
| Habitat and Ecology | |
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| Habitat and Ecology: | This species is known from four or five localities in the Eswatini highveld, in vegetation type KaNgwane Montane Grassland (Gm16) (Mucina et. al. 2018). The type specimen was recorded from a sandy stony plateau area, after fire. |
| List of Habitats: | 4 Grassland 4.7 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude |
| Threats | |
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| Major Threat(s): | This species is only known from the highveld grassland areas in Eswatini, and is under threat from ongoing heavy grazing. |
| List of Threats: | 2 Agriculture & aquaculture 2.3 Livestock farming & ranching 2.3.2 Small-holder grazing, ranching or farming |
| Conservation Actions | |
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| Conservation Actions: | One of the four known localities for this species is within Malolotja Nature Reserve, in the Ngwenya Mountains. |
| List of Conservation Actions: | 1 Land/water protection 1.2 Resource & habitat protection 3 Species management 3.4 Ex-situ conservation 3.4.2 Genome resource bank |
| Bibliography | |
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| Bachman
S, Moat J, Hill AW, de la Torre J and Scott B. 2011. Supporting Red
List threat assessments with GeoCAT geospatial conservation tool. In:
Smith V, Penev L (Eds) e-Infrastructure for data publishing in
biodiversity science. . ZooKeys 150: 117-126. Mucina, L., Rutherford, M.C. and Powrie, L.W. (Editors). 2018. The Vegetation Map of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Available at: http://bgis.sanbi.org/Projects/Detail/186. | |
| Citation: | - |