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Scientific Name | Calpurnia reflexa A.J.Beaumont |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Calpurnia robinioides (DC.) E.Mey., Calpurnia robinioides of other authors, not of (DC.) E.Mey. (misapplied name) |
Common Names | Sotho Laburnum (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2013/10/08 |
Assessor(s) | D.A. Kamundi & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A high altitude habitat specialist that occurs as scattered subpopulations. Known from less than 10 sites where it is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State |
Range | Mountains of the northern parts of Eastern Cape, through Lesotho to eastern parts of the Free State. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Eastern Free State Sandy Grassland, Eastern Free State Clay Grassland, Zastron Moist Grassland |
Description | Ravines above 1800 m. |
Threats |
| Although much of the area in which this species is cultivated/degraded at lower altitudes, this species probably escapes these threats at the altitude and habitat in which it occurs. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Calpurnia reflexa A.J.Beaumont | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Calpurnia robinioides (DC.) E.Mey. | Indeterminate | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Calpurnia robinioides (DC.) E.Mey. | Rare | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
Beaumont, A.J., Beckett, R.P., Edwards, T.J. and Stirton, C.H. 1999. Revision of the genus Calpurnia (Sophoreae: Leguminosae). Bothalia 29(1):5-23.
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African 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. & Raimondo, D. 2013. Calpurnia reflexa A.J.Beaumont. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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