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Scientific Name | Rothia hirsuta (Guill. & Perr.) Baker |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Amphinomia desertorum (Dümmer) A.Schreib., Lotononis desertorum Dummer, Xerocarpus hirsutus Guill. & Perr. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2015/02/04 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Rothia hirsuta has a restricted range in South Africa, but is widespread and common further north, and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo |
Range | Widespread across sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. In South Africa, restricted to northern Limpopo Province. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Savanna |
Description | Sandy, loam or clay soils in grasslands and forest clearings, along watercourses and roadsides. |
Population |
This species is common in disturbed places such as roadsides and along watercourses (Boatwright et al. 2008).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Rothia hirsuta (Guill. & Perr.) Baker | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Boatwright, J.S., Tilney, P.M. and Van Wyk, B.E. 2008. A taxonomic revision of the genus Rothia (Crotalarieae, Fabaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 21:422-430.
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 |
| von Staden, L. 2015. Rothia hirsuta (Guill. & Perr.) Baker. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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