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Scientific Name | Tephrosia kraussiana Meisn. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Tephrosia amoena E.Mey. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2011/06/03 |
Assessor(s) | W. Foden & L. Potter |
Justification | Widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Lebombo Mountains in eastern Swaziland to the KwaZulu-Natal north coast and southwards along the coast to East London. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Coastal grassland, forest margins and dunes. |
Threats |
| Declining in some areas due to habitat loss to coastal development and agriculture. |
Population |
In spite of some population decline in some areas, this species is still extremely abundant and not suspected to be in danger of extinction.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Tephrosia kraussiana Meisn. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Forbes, H.M.L. 1948. A revision of the South African species of the genus Tephrosia Pers. Bothalia 4:951-1001.
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 |
| Foden, W. & Potter, L. 2011. Tephrosia kraussiana Meisn. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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