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Scientific Name | Indigofera hendecaphylla Jacq. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Indigofera anceps Vahl ex Poir., Indigofera bolusii N.E.Br., Indigofera hendecaphylla Jacq. var. angustata Harv., Indigofera onobrychioides Boiv. ex Baill., Indigofera pectinata Baker |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2011/06/09 |
Assessor(s) | D.A. Kamundi & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Although this species seems to be rare in South Africa, it is quite likely overlooked and confused with I. spicata. It is tolerant of disturbance and not suspected to be threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Widespread across Africa and Asia to the Pacific Islands, but in South Africa known only from three records from the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast. It is also widely naturalized outside this range. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Indian Ocean Coastal Belt |
Description | Coastal grasslands, disturbed areas and roadsides. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Notes |
| I. hendecaphylla is easily confused with another widespread and common species, I. spicata (Du Puy et al. 1993), and it may be that this species is overlooked in South Africa. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Indigofera hendecaphylla Jacq. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Du Puy, D.J., Labat, J.-N. and Schrire, B.D. 1993. The separation of two previously confused species in the Indigofera spicata complex (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae). Kew Bulletin 48(4):727-733.
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.
Schrire, B.D. 1991. Systematic studies in the African Indigofereae (Leguminosae - Papilionioideae). University of Natal.
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Citation |
| Kamundi, D.A. & Victor, J.E. 2011. Indigofera hendecaphylla Jacq. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/28 |
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