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Scientific Name | Indigofera pungens E.Mey. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Common Names | Drieblaarbos (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/05/04 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread in remote areas where it is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Southern Namibia, Richtersveld and Gariep Valley. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Desert, Nama Karoo, Succulent Karoo |
Description | Dry riverbeds, sandy flats and around rocky outcrops. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Indigofera pungens E.Mey. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
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. 2015. Indigofera pungens E.Mey. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/07/03 |
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