| Scientific Name | Melolobium calycinum Benth. | Higher Classification | Dicotyledons | Family | FABACEAE | Synonyms | Melolobium villosum Harms | Common Names | Geelseerbossie (a), Gifgeelbossie (a), Gifseerbossie (a), Heuningbossie (a) |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Least Concern | Assessment Date | 2020/02/28 | Assessor(s) | L. von Staden | Justification | Melolobium calycinum is widespread and not in danger of extinction. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution | Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa | Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West, Western Cape | Range | This species is widespread across central South Africa, from Gordonia southwards through the eastern Great Karoo and western Free State to the Eastern Cape Interior. It also occurs in southern Mpumalanga and the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, extending outside South Africa to Lesotho, Botswana and Namibia. |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial | Major habitats | Besemkaree Koppies Shrubland, Queenstown Thornveld, Soweto Highveld Grassland, Basotho Montane Shrubland, Eastern Free State Sandy Grassland, Wakkerstroom Montane Grassland, Amersfoort Highveld Clay Grassland, Bloemfontein Karroid Shrubland, Winburg Grassy Shrubland, Upper Gariep Alluvial Vegetation, Bloemfontein Dry Grassland, Income Sandy Grassland, Xhariep Karroid Grassland, Aliwal North Dry Grassland, Western Highveld Sandy Grassland, Klerksdorp Thornveld, Vaal-Vet Sandy Grassland, Karoo Escarpment Grassland, Southern Karoo Riviere, Southern Kalahari Mekgacha, Highveld Alluvial Vegetation, Central Free State Grassland, Olifantshoek Plains Thornveld, Kuruman Thornveld, Kuruman Vaalbosveld, Ghaap Plateau Vaalbosveld, Schmidtsdrif Thornveld, Vaalbos Rocky Shrubland, Kimberley Thornveld, Schweizer-Reneke Bushveld, Stella Bushveld, Gordonia Plains Shrubland, Tarkastad Montane Shrubland, Postmasburg Thornveld, KwaZulu-Natal Highland Thornveld, Kathu Bushveld, Molopo Bushveld, Kuruman Mountain Bushveld, Mafikeng Bushveld, Eastern Upper Karoo, Northern Upper Karoo, Bushmanland Basin Shrubland, Bushmanland Arid Grassland, Thukela Thornveld, Koranna-Langeberg Mountain Bushveld | Description | It occurs mostly on sandy soils, including calcareous sand on river banks, red Kalahari dunes and red-brown sand in open grasslands and thornveld, or in rocky places in Nama Karoo vegetation. |
Population | Population trend | Stable |
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Citation/Red List version | | Melolobium calycinum Benth. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography | Moteetee, A. and Van Wyk, B.E. 2006. A revision of the genus Melolobium (Genisteae, Fabaceae). South African Journal of Botany 72:51-98.
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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Citation | | von Staden, L. 2020. Melolobium calycinum Benth. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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