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Scientific Name | Crotalaria burkeana Benth. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Crotalaria burkeana Benth. var. sparsipila Harv. |
Common Names | Dronkgras (a), Klapperbos (a), Klapperbossie (a), Klappersa (a), Rattle Bush (e), Sickness Crotalaria (e), Stiffsickness Crotalaria (e), Styfsiektebossie (a), Stywesiekte Crotalaria (a), Stywesiektebossie (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2011/05/25 |
Assessor(s) | W. Foden & L. Potter |
Justification | Widespread and not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West |
Range | Widespread in the drier, northern regions of South Africa, predominantly along the catchments of the Orange, Vaal and Limpopo rivers, also occurring in south-eastern Botswana, Swaziland and Mozambique. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Savanna |
Description | Wooded grasslands on sandy soils and disturbed places. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Crotalaria burkeana Benth. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Polhill, R.M. 1982. Crotalaria in Africa and Madagascar. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
Polhill, R.M. 2003. Crotalarieae. In: G.V. Pope, R.M. Polhill and E.S. Martins (eds). Flora Zambesiaca 3 (Part 7):55-228,233-246. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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 |
| Foden, W. & Potter, L. 2011. Crotalaria burkeana Benth. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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