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Scientific Name | Desmodium salicifolium (Poir.) DC. var. salicifolium |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Desmodium grande E.Mey., Desmodium paleaceum Guill. & Perr., Hedysarum salicifolium Poir. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2020/09/14 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali |
Justification | This taxon is widely distributed in Africa, and it is not in danger of extinction. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga |
Range | This taxon has a wide distribution in South Africa, where it occurs from Mpumalanga in Komatipoort and Nelspruit southwards to KwaZulu-Natal along the coastal Zululand. It also occurs in northern Namibia and Botswana, Mozambique and eastern Eswatini. It is widely distributed in tropical Africa, Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt |
Description | It occurs in wet places, in clayey soil, mainly along river margins or in swamp forests. |
Threats |
| There are no significant threats to this species. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Desmodium salicifolium (Poir.) DC. var. salicifolium | 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.
Schrire, B.D. 1988. A synopsis of the tribe Desmodieae (Fabaceae) in southern Africa. Bothalia 18(1):11-24.
Sieben, E.J.J. 2009. The status and distribution of vascular plants (Magnoliophyta, Lycophyta, Pteridophyta). In: W.R.T. Darwall, K.G. Smith, D. Tweddle and P. Skelton (eds.), The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in southern Africa (pp. 83-98), IUCN and SAIAB, Gland, Switzerland and Grahamstown, South Africa.
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Citation |
| Mtshali, H. 2020. Desmodium salicifolium (Poir.) DC. var. salicifolium. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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