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Scientific Name | Indigofera hybrida N.E.Br. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2006/11/15 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Burrows, M. Lötter & L. von Staden |
Justification | Known from three locations. Some habitat has been transformed to forestry plantations and agriculture and further habitat loss remains a potential threat. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Mpumalanga |
Range | Ermelo to Wakkerstroom. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | KaNgwane Montane Grassland, Eastern Highveld Grassland |
Description | Dry highveld grassland. |
Threats |
| According to Vegmap 2006 (Mucina et al. 2006), eastern highveld grassland is a highly threatened vegetation type (status EN), and within the known range of this species in South Africa the vegetation type is 41% transformed by plantations and commercial agriculture (calculated using GIS). According to John Burrows, the habitat of this species is very badly degraded. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Notes |
| This is a very poorly known species. When Brown described the species in 1925, he speculated that it might be a hybrid because of its similarity to the widespread Indigofera hilaris. The taxon is however still recognised as a distinct species (Schrire 1991). Compton included this species in the Flora of Swaziland (Compton 1976). However, the specimens cited in this publication are misidentifications of I. hilaris (det. G. Germishuizen).
According to the recent revision (1991) and latest checklist (2006), this is a valid species. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Indigofera hybrida N.E.Br. | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Compton, R.H. 1976. The flora of Swaziland. Journal of South African Botany Supplement 11:259-264.
Mucina, L. and Rutherford, M.C. (eds). 2006. The vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Strelitzia 19. 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.
Schrire, B.D. 1991. Systematic studies in the African Indigofereae (Leguminosae - Papilionioideae). University of Natal.
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Citation |
| Burrows, J.E., Lötter, M. & von Staden, L. 2006. Indigofera hybrida N.E.Br. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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