| 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: | Tephrosia gobensis |
| Species Authority: | Brummitt |
| Common Name/s: - | |
| Synonym/s: | - |
| Taxonomic Notes: | - |
| Assessment Information | |
|---|---|
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Vulnerable B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) |
| Year Assessed: | 2023 |
| Assessor/s: | Braun, K. |
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| Justification: Tephrosia gobensis has a restricted distribution, with an estimated extent of occurrence of 137.260 km2 and an area of occupancy of 28 km2. Most of the population falls within a protected area, but there is still an ongoing threat to its habitat from overgrazing. Based on this, it has been assessed as Vulnerable, under Criteria B1 and B2. Date last seen: 2020 | |
| History: | - |
| Geographic Range | |
|---|---|
| Range Description: | This species is known from north east Eswatini, from low lying areas west of the Lubombo Mountains, on the mountain range, and from Mozambique in the Goba area. There is an additional record from Mozambique without precise locality information, but probably from the same general area. |
| Countries: | Native: Eswatini; Mozambique; |
| Population | |
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| Population: | There is no detailed population survey information for this species. There are relatively recent records confirming its continued existence within Mlawula Nature Reserve and Mhlumeni community conservation area. For the purposes of this assessment, it has been assumed that this species still occurs in the localities from older records. |
| Population Trend: | Unknown |
| Habitat and Ecology | |
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| Habitat and Ecology: | This species has been found in rocky areas in lower lying areas and on mountain slopes. The vegetation types based on current records are Tshokwane-Hlane Basalt Lowveld (SVI5) and Southern Lebombo Bushveld (SVI16) (Mucina et. al. 2018). |
| List of Habitats: | 2 Savanna 2.2 Savanna - Moist |
| Threats | |
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| Major Threat(s): | Most of the range of this species is from within protected areas, but the remaining areas are subject to 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: | This species has been recorded from within Mbuluzi Game Reserve, Mlawula Nature Reserve and the Mhlumeni community conservation area, the majority of the currently known range for this species falling within these areas. |
| List of Conservation Actions: | 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, 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: | - |