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Scientific Name | Cullen tomentosum (Thunb.) J.W.Grimes |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Cullen obtusifolia (DC.) C.H.Stirt., Psoralea obtusifolia DC., Trigonella tomentosa Thunb. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2016/09/29 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Free State, Limpopo, Northern Cape, North West |
Range | Southern Angola through Namibia and Botswana to southern Mozambique. Widespread across northern South Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Desert, Nama Karoo, Savanna |
Description | Grassy areas, clay pans, margins of ephemeral pools or streams in deserts, thornveld or karroid shrubland, often in sand or sandy soils. |
Threats |
There are no known significant past, ongoing or future threats that are likely to lead to this species' extinction. |
Population |
This species is widespread and very common. It is often weedy, particularly in cultivated lands. The population is not suspected to be declining.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | Cullen tomentosum (Thunb.) J.W.Grimes | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Burtt Davy, J. 1932. A manual of the flowering plants and ferns of the Transvaal with Swaziland, South Africa. Part II. Malvaceae-Umbelliferae. Longmans, Green & Co., London.
Grimes, J.W. 1997. A Revision of Cullen (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae). Australian Systematic Botany 10(4):565-648.
Hahn, N. 2013. Rare, endangered and endemic flora of the North West Province. Unpublished Report to the Department of Economic Development, Conservation and Tourism, North West Provincial Government.
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.
Stirton, C.H. 1981. Studies in the Leguminosae - Papilionoideae of southern Africa. Bothalia 13(3&4):317-325.
Verdcourt, B. 2000. Psoraleeae. In: G.V. Pope (ed). Flora Zambesiaca 3 (Part 6):43-50. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Citation |
von Staden, L. 2016. Cullen tomentosum (Thunb.) J.W.Grimes. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/02/11 |