| Scientific Name | Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. dekindtiana (Harms) Verdc. | Higher Classification | Dicotyledons | Family | FABACEAE | Common Names | Wild Cow Pea (e) |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Least Concern | Assessment Date | 2020/03/03 | Assessor(s) | L. von Staden | Justification | This taxon is widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution | Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa | Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West | Range | It is widespread across northern and eastern South Africa, also extending northwards across southern and tropical Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial | Major habitats | Western Sandy Bushveld, Subtropical Alluvial Vegetation, Mafikeng Bushveld, Dwarsberg-Swartruggens Mountain Bushveld, Zeerust Thornveld, Polokwane Plateau Bushveld, Soutpansberg Mountain Bushveld, Limpopo Sweet Bushveld, Molopo Bushveld, Waterberg Mountain Bushveld, Kimberley Thornveld, Springbokvlakte Thornveld, Loskop Thornveld, Loskop Mountain Bushveld, Central Sandy Bushveld, Dwaalboom Thornveld, KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Grassland, Maputaland Wooded Grassland, Maputaland Coastal Belt, Roodeberg Bushveld, Northern Zululand Sourveld, Limpopo Ridge Bushveld, Legogote Sour Bushveld, Tzaneen Sour Bushveld, Tshokwane-Hlane Basalt Lowveld, Delagoa Lowveld, Granite Lowveld, Maputaland Pallid Sandy Bushveld, Kuruman Mountain Bushveld, Zululand Lowveld, Lowveld Rugged Mopaneveld, Western Maputaland Clay Bushveld, Tembe Sandy Bushveld, Northern Lebombo Bushveld, Swaziland Sour Bushveld, Makuleke Sandy Bushveld, Gordonia Duneveld, Kuruman Thornveld, Schmidtsdrif Thornveld, Zululand Coastal Thornveld | Description | Plants grow in dry grasslands and open woodland. |
Population | Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. dekindtiana (Harms) Verdc. var. dekindtiana | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. dekindtiana (Harms) Verdc. var. huillensis (Welw. ex Baker) B.J.Pienaar | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography | Mithen, R. and Kibblewhite, H. 1993. Taxonomy and ecology of Vigna unguiculata (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) in south-central Africa. Kirkia 14(1):100-113.
Pasquet, R.S. 2001. Vigna. In: G.V. Pope and R.M. Polhill (eds). Flora Zambesiaca 3 (Part 5):121-156. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Pienaar, B.J. and Van Wyk, A.E. 1992. The Vigna unguiculata complex (Fabaceae) in southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany 58(6):414-429.
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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Verdcourt, B. 1970. Studies in the Leguminosae-Papilionoïdeae for the 'Flora of Tropical East Africa': IV. Kew Bulletin 24(3):507-569.
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Citation | | von Staden, L. 2020. Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. dekindtiana (Harms) Verdc. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/10/06 |
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