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Scientific Name | Tephrosia bachmannii Harms |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable A2c |
Assessment Date | 2008/06/25 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted (EOO 2070 km²) but locally common species. Population reduction based on habitat loss to crop cultivation, timber plantations and urban expansion is estimated to be at least 33% within the last two generations (100 years) of this long-lived, suffrutescent grassland forb (generation length at least 50 years). Ongoing threats include habitat degradation due to too frequent fire and overgrazing in the southern parts of the range and ongoing habitat loss due to coastal development in the northern parts of the range. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Oribi Gorge to Mkambati. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Pondoland-Ugu Sandstone Coastal Sourveld |
Description | Restricted to Msikaba Formation Sandstone, but occurs in a variety of habitats including open grasslands, rocky sites and forest margins. |
Threats |
| Invasive Alien Species (direct effects), Harvesting [gathering], Habitat loss, Habitat degradation |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Tephrosia bachmannii Harms | VU A2c | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Tephrosia bachmannii Harms | Data Deficient | Scott-Shaw (1999) | | Tephrosia bachmannii Harms | Indeterminate | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2008. Tephrosia bachmannii Harms. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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