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Scientific Name | Rhynchosia genistoides Burtt Davy |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Taxonomically Problematic |
Assessment Date | 2015/08/19 |
Assessor(s) | D. van der Colff & L. von Staden |
Justification | A very poorly known species, last collected in South Africa in 1919. Rhynchosia is a taxonomically problematic genus, and until species can be better circumscribed, and their distribution ranges and habitat requirements clarified, the risk of extinction of most species in this genus cannot be assessed. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Mpumalanga |
Range | Mpumalanga, between Pilgrim's Rest and Sabie. Possibly also occurs in Mozambique (Verdcourt 2001). |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Long Tom Pass Montane Grassland |
Description | Bushveld, rocky outcrops on grassy slopes. |
Population |
This species is only known from the type, collected in Mpumalanga in 1919, and one other collection from Mozambique. It was described in 1932, but overlooked in subsequent treatments (Retief and Herman 1997) and checklists (Germishuizen et al. 2006). The genus Rhynchosia is in need of revision, and species are difficult to identify. This species may be overlooked, or insufficiently distinct from other taxa to warrant recognition as a separate species.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Rhynchosia genistoides Burtt Davy | Data Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) | 2015.1 | |
Bibliography |
Burtt Davy, J. 1932. A manual of the flowering plants and ferns of the Transvaal with Swaziland, South Africa. Part II. Malvaceae-Umbelliferae. Longmans, Green & Co., London.
Germishuizen, G., Meyer, N.L., Steenkamp, Y. and Keith, M. (eds). 2006. A checklist of South African plants. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 41 SABONET, 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.
Verdcourt, B. 2001. Rhynchosia. In: G.V. Pope and R.M. Polhill (eds). Flora Zambesiaca 3 (Part 5):168-210. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Citation |
| van der Colff, D. & von Staden, L. 2015. Rhynchosia genistoides Burtt Davy. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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