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Scientific Name | Crotalaria monophylla Germish. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2011/06/19 |
Assessor(s) | M. Lötter, J.E. Burrows & L. von Staden |
Justification | Plants at two known locations are potentially threatened by alien plant invasion and infrastructure development. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Mpumalanga |
Range | Steenkampsberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Steenkampsberg Montane Grassland |
Description | Rocky quartzitic ridges in montane grassland. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by alien plant invasion and development. |
Population |
Plants are locally common on quartzitic ridges.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Crotalaria monophylla Germish. | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Crotalaria monophylla Germish. | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Germishuizen, G. 1995. Crotalaria monophylla. Flowering Plants of Africa 54:54-56 (t. 2111).
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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 |
| Lötter, M., Burrows, J.E. & von Staden, L. 2011. Crotalaria monophylla Germish. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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