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Scientific Name | Parkinsonia africana Sond. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Common Names | Green-hair Thorn (e), Groenhaar-doring (a), Lemoenboom (a), Lemoendoring (a), Wild Green-hair Tree (e), Wilde Groenhaarboom (a), Wildelemoenhout (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/09/28 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | This species is widespread and not in danger of extinction. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, North West |
Range | It is found from the Richtersveld and Kalahari to Bushmanland. It is also widespread through Namibia. It is likely to occur in Botswana, but has not yet been recorded there. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Bushmanland Basin Shrubland, Namaqualand Riviere, Southern Kalahari Mekgacha, Bushmanland Vloere, Richtersveld Sheet Wash Desert, Eastern Gariep Plains Desert, Lower Gariep Broken Veld, Blouputs Karroid Thornveld, Bushmanland Arid Grassland, Lower Gariep Alluvial Vegetation, Kalahari Karroid Shrubland, Auob Duneveld, Northern Upper Karoo, Rooiberg Quartz Vygieveld, Southern Richtersveld Scorpionstailveld, Aggeneys Gravel Vygieveld, Olifantshoek Plains Thornveld, Gordonia Plains Shrubland, Kimberley Thornveld, Schmidtsdrif Thornveld, Gordonia Duneveld, Bushmanland Sandy Grassland |
Description | Plants grow in dry semi-desert or desert areas, especially on sandy plains near watercourses. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Parkinsonia africana Sond. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Brummitt, R.K., Chikuni, A.C., Lock, J.M. and Polhill, R.M. 2007. Leguminosae Subfamily Caesalpinioideae. In: J.R. Timberlake, G.V. Pope, R.M. Polhill and E.S. Martins (eds). Flora Zambesiaca 3 (Part 2):1-218. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Coates Palgrave, M. 2002. Keith Coates Palgrave Trees of southern Africa. 3rd Edition. Struik, Cape Town.
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.
Ross, J.H. 1977. Fabaceae subfamily 2. Ceasalpinioideae. In: B. De Winter, D.J.B. Killick, O.A. Leistner and J.H. Ross (eds). Flora of Southern Africa 16 Part 2:1-142. Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria.
Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2017. Parkinsonia africana Sond. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/09/14 |
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