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Scientific Name | Indigofera circinnata Benth. ex Harv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Common Names | Krulboontjie (a), Steekboontjie (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2020/02/28 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Indigofera circinnata is widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Gauteng, Limpopo, North West |
Range | This species is widespread across the drier areas of northern South Africa, extending to Botswana and Zimbabwe. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Madikwe Dolomite Bushveld, Dwaalboom Thornveld, Central Sandy Bushveld, Loskop Mountain Bushveld, Loskop Thornveld, Springbokvlakte Thornveld, Western Sandy Bushveld, Waterberg Mountain Bushveld, Subtropical Alluvial Vegetation, Limpopo Sweet Bushveld, Limpopo Ridge Bushveld, Makhado Sweet Bushveld, Soutpansberg Mountain Bushveld, Polokwane Plateau Bushveld, Mamabolo Mountain Bushveld, Poung Dolomite Mountain Bushveld, Ohrigstad Mountain Bushveld, Sekhukhune Mountain Bushveld, Musina Mopane Bushveld, Roodeberg Bushveld |
Description | It occurs in mopane and mixed woodland, bushveld, wooded grassland and thorn scrub, often associated with pans and alluvial plains or basalt outcrops, 300-1400 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Indigofera circinnata Benth. ex Harv. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
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. 2012. Indigofereae (Leguminosae). In: J.R. Timberlake and E.S. Martins (eds). Flora Zambesiaca 3 Part 4:1-245. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2020. Indigofera circinnata Benth. ex Harv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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