Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Indigofera daleoides Benth. ex Harv.
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
FABACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2015/06/15
Assessor(s)
D. van der Colff
Justification
Widespread and not in danger of extinction.
Distribution
Endemism
Not endemic to South Africa
Provincial distribution
Free State, Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West
Range
Widespread across southern Africa and northern and central South Africa.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Andesite Mountain Bushveld, Highveld Alluvial Vegetation, Pilanesberg Mountain Bushveld, Dwarsberg-Swartruggens Mountain Bushveld, Zeerust Thornveld, Mamabolo Mountain Bushveld, Polokwane Plateau Bushveld, Limpopo Sweet Bushveld, Waterberg Mountain Bushveld, Springbokvlakte Thornveld, Loskop Thornveld, Norite Koppies Bushveld, Central Sandy Bushveld, Moot Plains Bushveld, Gauteng Shale Mountain Bushveld, Dwaalboom Thornveld, Rand Highveld Grassland, Central Free State Grassland, Carletonville Dolomite Grassland, Western Highveld Sandy Grassland, Klerksdorp Thornveld, Vredefort Dome Granite Grassland, Vaal-Vet Sandy Grassland, Southern Kalahari Mekgacha, Loskop Mountain Bushveld, Schweizer-Reneke Bushveld, Musina Mopane Bushveld, Granite Lowveld, Makuleke Sandy Bushveld, Nossob Bushveld, Gordonia Kameeldoring Bushveld, Gordonia Duneveld, Kuruman Thornveld, Kuruman Vaalbosveld, Ghaap Plateau Vaalbosveld, Schmidtsdrif Thornveld, Marikana Thornveld, Kimberley Thornveld, Phalaborwa-Timbavati Mopaneveld, Stella Bushveld, Gordonia Plains Shrubland, Koranna-Langeberg Mountain Bushveld, Postmasburg Thornveld, Olifantshoek Plains Thornveld, Kathu Bushveld, Molopo Bushveld, Kuruman Mountain Bushveld, Mafikeng Bushveld, Gold Reef Mountain Bushveld, Vaalbos Rocky Shrubland
Description
Rocky slopes and sandy soils in grassland and bushveld.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Indigofera daleoides Benth. ex Harv. var. daleoides Least Concern Raimondo et al. (2009)
Indigofera daleoides Benth. ex Harv. var. gossweileri Baker f.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.


Kirby, G. 2013. Wild flowers of southeast Botswana. Struik Nature, Cape Town.


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.


Retief, E. and Herman, P.P.J. 1997. Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: keys and diagnostic characters. Strelitzia 6. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.


Citation
van der Colff, D. 2015. Indigofera daleoides Benth. ex Harv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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