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Scientific Name | Otholobium foliosum (Oliv.) C.H.Stirt. subsp. gazense (Baker f.) Verdc. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Otholobium gazense (Baker) C.H.Stirt., Psoralea foliosa Oliv. var. gazensis Baker f. |
Common Names | Northern Hookleaf-pea (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2020/02/28 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | This taxon is widespread, and has no severe threats. Therefore it is not in danger of extinction and is assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | This taxon occurs from the Blouberg and Soutpansberg in northern Limpopo, southwards to the Wolkberg and Mpumalanga escarpment as far south as Graskop. It also occurs in Zimbabwe and Mozambique. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Soutpansberg Summit Sourveld, Strydpoort Summit Sourveld, Northern Escarpment Quartzite Sourveld, Ironwood Dry Forest, Scarp Forest, Northern Mistbelt Forest |
Description | It is localized to the margins of forest patches in montane grassland and along streams on east- and south-facing slopes. |
Population |
It is usually found as solitary plants, but may proliferate in disturbed areas such as firebreaks (Stirton 1989).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Otholobium foliosum (Oliv.) C.H.Stirt. subsp. gazense (Baker f.) Verdc. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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. 1986. Notes on the genus Otholobium (Psoraleeae, Fabaceae). South African Journal of Botany 52(1):1-6.
Stirton, C. 1989. A revision of Otholobium C.H.Stirton (Papilionoideae, Leguminosae). Unpublished Ph.D., University of Cape Town, Cape Town.
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. 2020. Otholobium foliosum (Oliv.) C.H.Stirt. subsp. gazense (Baker f.) Verdc. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/12/05 |
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