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Scientific Name | Indigofera fulcrata Harv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2019/04/01 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & L. von Staden |
Justification | A rare habitat specialist, but not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cederberg to Groot Winterhoek Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Winterhoek Sandstone Fynbos, Cederberg Sandstone Fynbos, Olifants Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Streamsides in mountain fynbos. |
Threats |
| Possibly threatened by competition from alien invasive plants in some areas, but where this species has been seen there are no alien plants present. |
Population |
A widespread but very rarely recorded species, known from only six records. It is a short-lived fire stimulated species occurring in an inaccessible, specialized habitat, which may account for the lack of records.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Indigofera fulcrata Harv. | Least Concern | 2012.1 | | Indigofera fulcrata Harv. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
Harvey, W.H. 1861. Leguminosae. In: W.H. Harvey and O.W. Sonder (eds). Flora Capensis II (Leguminosae to Loranthaceae):1-285. Hodges, Smith and Co., Dublin.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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 |
| Helme, N.A. & von Staden, L. 2019. Indigofera fulcrata Harv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/07/03 |
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