Protea lanceolata

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	PROTEALES	PROTEACEAE

Scientific Name:	Protea lanceolata
Species Authority:	E.Mey. ex Meisn.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable A1ace ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Hilton-Taylor, C. <i>et al.</i>

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

1997

–

Vulnerable (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Found along the southern Cape coast from De Hoop to Mossel Bay. The area of occupancy is approximately 1,000 km².
Countries:	Native: South Africa
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	The species occurs on calcareous white sands in limestone fynbos and often at the ecotone with thicket communities. Near Mossel Bay, it occurs on gravels. Stands are very dense in places.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Agricultural activities, particularly planting of cereal crops, and coastal developments have resulted in the decline of the species in places and this is likely to continue, especially in the Mossel Bay area. More than half of the subpopulations are threatened by alien invasive species, particularly Australian Acacia species.

Major Threat(s):

Agricultural activities, particularly planting of cereal crops, and coastal developments have resulted in the decline of the species in places and this is likely to continue, especially in the Mossel Bay area. More than half of the subpopulations are threatened by alien invasive species, particularly Australian Acacia species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	A quarter of the known subpopulations occur in protected areas.

Conservation Actions:

A quarter of the known subpopulations occur in protected areas.

Citation:	Hilton-Taylor, C. et al. 1998. Protea lanceolata. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2013.
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