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Scientific Name | Crotalaria podocarpa DC. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Crotalaria belchii Schinz, Crotalaria hirsutissima Schinz, Crotalaria mutabilis Schinz |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/10/06 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Crotalaria podocarpa is widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West |
Range | This species is widespread along the northern boundaries of South Africa, from the Lebombo Mountains to Musina, north of Rustenburg to north of Upington. It also occurs in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Olifantshoek Plains Thornveld, Central Sandy Bushveld, Loskop Thornveld, Springbokvlakte Thornveld, Western Sandy Bushveld, Limpopo Sweet Bushveld, Makhado Sweet Bushveld, Polokwane Plateau Bushveld, Sekhukhune Plains Bushveld, Zeerust Thornveld, Moot Plains Bushveld, Mafikeng Bushveld, Subtropical Alluvial Vegetation, Kathu Bushveld, Mopane Gabbro Shrubland, Gordonia Plains Shrubland, Stella Bushveld, Ghaap Plateau Vaalbosveld, Kuruman Thornveld, Granite Lowveld, Tshokwane-Hlane Basalt Lowveld, Gabbro Grassy Bushveld, Musina Mopane Bushveld, Limpopo Ridge Bushveld, Tsende Mopaneveld, Lowveld Rugged Mopaneveld, Phalaborwa-Timbavati Mopaneveld, Molopo Bushveld |
Description | It occurs in dry open sandy places in seasonal streambeds, along roadsides and among rocks. |
Population |
Crotalaria podocarpa is a locally common species (Polhill 1982).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Crotalaria podocarpa DC. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Polhill, R.M. 1982. Crotalaria in Africa and Madagascar. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2017. Crotalaria podocarpa DC. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/27 |
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