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Scientific Name | Argyrolobium muddii Dummer |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered A2c; B1ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2006/05/19 |
Assessor(s) | T.J. Edwards & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO 4200 km² and five locations remain. Extensive areas of the habitat has been transformed to forestry plantations within the last 100 years, a period shorter than three generations of this long-lived species (generation length estimated to be >50 years). The estimate of >50% reduction in the population is based on >80% habitat loss in the Woodbush area (Limpopo Province) and >50% habitat loss around Graskop and Pilgrims Rest, Mpumalanga. Decline is continuing due to habitat degradation as a result of alien plant invasions and poor fire management. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | Haenertsburg and Graskop. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Woodbush Granite Grassland, Northern Escarpment Quartzite Sourveld, Northern Escarpment Dolomite Grassland |
Description | Mistbelt Grassland. |
Threats |
| Plantations were a severe past threat. In the Woodbush area, over 80% of this species' habitat has been irreversibly modified to pine plantations while over 50% of its habitat was lost in the Graskop area. Remaining subpopulations are threatened by competition from alien invasive plants, as well as the reduction of fires as a result of grassland fragmentation - this species is unable to recruit without fire. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Argyrolobium muddii Dummer | EN A2c; B1ab(iii) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Edwards, T.J. 2005. A synopsis of Argyrolobium (tribe Genisteae, Papilionoideae) in South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 71(3):380-417.
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 |
| Edwards, T.J. & Raimondo, D. 2006. Argyrolobium muddii Dummer. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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