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Scientific Name | Indigofera zeyheri Spreng. ex Eckl. & Zeyh. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Anila zeyheri (Spreng.) Kuntze (in part), Anila zeyheri (Spreng.) Kuntze var. normalis Kuntze, Indigofera acutisepala Conrath ex Baker f., Indigofera cinerascens Eckl. & Zeyh., Indigofera nana Eckl. & Zeyh., Indigofera stricta L.f. var. pedunculata Eckl. & Zeyh., Indigofera viminea E.Mey. |
Common Names | Leeuhout (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2011/06/08 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread, extremely common, and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West |
Range | Extremely widespread across eastern South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland and southern Mozambique. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Forest, Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Montane and coastal grasslands, moist depressions, rocky ridges, savanna, forest margins, dunes, and coastal thicket. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Indigofera zeyheri Spreng. ex Eckl. & Zeyh. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Pooley, E. 2005. A field guide to wild flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.
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.
Schrire, B.D. 1998. Notes relating to the genus Indigofera (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) for Flora Zambesiaca: 2. Section Indigofera. Kew Bulletin 53(3):651-668.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2011. Indigofera zeyheri Spreng. ex Eckl. & Zeyh. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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