Wilde-ertjie

Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Dolichos linearis E.Mey.
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
FABACEAE
Common Names
Wilde-ertjie (a)
National Status
Status and Criteria
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2011/06/10
Assessor(s)
L. von Staden
Justification
Widespread and not threatened.
Distribution
Endemism
Not endemic to South Africa
Provincial distribution
Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo
Range
Pretoria southwards across the Free State and Lesotho to the KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg and the mountain ranges of the Eastern Cape.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Grassland
Description
Montane grassland.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Dolichos linearis E.Mey.Least Concern Raimondo et al. (2009)
Bibliography

Hilliard, O.M. and Burtt, B.L. 1988. Notes on some plants of Southern Africa chiefly from Natal: XIV. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 45(1):77-94.


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.


Citation
von Staden, L. 2011. Dolichos linearis E.Mey. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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