Ledebouria coriacea

Zietsman, P. C. & Zietsman, L. E., 2019, Floristic diversity at Kolomela mine on the Ghaap Plateau, Postmasburg, Northern Cape Province, Indago 35, pp. 1-33 : 8

Ledebouria coriacea

( Fig. 8b )

is critically endangered and previously known only from the Coega Bontveld near Port Elizabeth. There it occurs on alluvial sand and fine gravel underlain by calcrete. A single, small population numbering fewer than 500 individuals is under severe threat due to ongoing habitat loss caused by urban expansion, especially uncontrolled expansion of informal settlements (Venter 1993). It is also losing habitat to ongoing industrial development as the population occurs in an area that has been earmarked for large-scale economic development (SANBI 2017a). A small population has been recorded at the farm Heuningkranz where active prospecting is currently taking place.

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Figure 8. Prepodesma orpenii (a) and Ledebouria coriacea (b).