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Scientific Name | Aspalathus simii Bolus |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2009/07/21 |
Assessor(s) | D.A. Kamundi & J.E. Victor |
Justification | A widespread but rarely collected and poorly known species that is probably overlooked as it occurs within the most poorly sampled parts of South Africa. It is unlikely to be threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | East London to KwaZulu-Natal coast as far as Inanda. Also recorded from scattered inland localities in the Eastern Cape as far as Engcobo. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Grassland, dry stony hill slopes, probably restricted to sandstone. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Aspalathus simii Bolus | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
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Citation |
| Kamundi, D.A. & Victor, J.E. 2009. Aspalathus simii Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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