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Scientific Name | Crotalaria dura J.M.Wood & M.S.Evans subsp. dura |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Common Names | Jaagsiektebossie (a), Jagsiektebossie (a), Wild Lucerne (e), Wildelusern (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened B1ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2011/06/28 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | EOO 7 135 km², in spite of extensive habitat loss and fragmentation this subspecies is still fairly common. It however continues to decline due to ongoing habitat loss and degradation as a result of forestry plantations, sugarcane cultivation, urban expansion and alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Greytown to Weza. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Midlands grassland on Natal Group Sandstone. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss to forestry plantations, sugarcane cultivation and urban expansion. |
Population |
At least 53% of this taxon's range is already transformed and Midlands grasslands are extensively fragmented. In spite of this it is still fairly common, probably because as a resprouter it has high persistence even in very small, degraded fragments and is somewhat tolerant of disturbance. It requires monitoring.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Notes |
| Poisonous to stock. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Crotalaria dura J.M.Wood & M.S.Evans subsp. dura | 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.
Pooley, E. 2005. A field guide to wild flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.
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. 2011. Crotalaria dura J.M.Wood & M.S.Evans subsp. dura. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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