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Scientific Name | Aspalathus pinguis Thunb. subsp. pinguis |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Aspalathus affinis Thunb. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2009/07/17 |
Assessor(s) | W. Foden & L. Potter |
Justification | This reseeder (generation length 15-20 years) has lost extensive areas of its renosterveld habitat in the Overberg to crop cultivation, but over a period longer than three generations, as most of its habitat was already transformed by the 1960s (Dahlgren 1966). Although very fragmented in some areas, this widespread taxon is still common and at present does not meet any criteria for a category of threat. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Potberg to Ladismith and Uniondale and around Piketberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Renosterveld, on clay flats and lower slopes. |
Threats |
| This species continues to decline due to ongoing habitat loss and alien plant invasion, but is still very common and widespread, even though its habitat is very fragmented in some areas. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Aspalathus pinguis Thunb. subsp. pinguis | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Dahlgren, R. 1966. Revision of the genus Aspalathus. II. The species with ericoid and pinoid leaflets. 5. The Aspalathus carnosa, aciphylla, pachyloba, arida, pinguis, spinosa and sanguinea groups and some other groups. Opera Botanica 11(1):7-266.
Dahlgren, R. 1988. Crotalarieae (Aspalathus). In: O.A. Leistner (ed). Flora of southern Africa 16 Fabaceae, Part 3 Papilionoideae, Fascicle 6:1-430. 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.
Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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Citation |
| Foden, W. & Potter, L. 2009. Aspalathus pinguis Thunb. subsp. pinguis. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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