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Scientific Name | Indigofera limosa L.Bolus |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2018/05/11 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Indigofera limosa is a very poorly known species, known from a single collection dating from 1911. It is possibly overlooked, but may also be threatened and possibly extinct due to overgrazing. It is listed as Data Deficient. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa, and is known only from the Kamiesberg in Namaqualand. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Namaqualand Granite Renosterveld, Kamiesberg Granite Fynbos |
Description | Its habitat is uncertain, it possibly occurs in marshy ground. |
Threats |
| Parts of the Kamiesberg, especially around Leliefontein, is degraded due to overgrazing. The population may have disappeared due to heavy grazing pressure, but it may also be merely overlooked. |
Population |
Indigofera limosa is a rare and poorly known species, last collected in 1911. Field surveys are urgently needed to relocate it in the wild. The current status and trend of the population is not known.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Indigofera limosa L.Bolus | Data Deficient | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Indigofera limosa L.Bolus | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical 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.
Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2018. Indigofera limosa L.Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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