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Scientific Name | Virgilia divaricata Adamson |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Virgilia capensis in sense of Pole-Evans, not of (L.) Lam (misapplied name) |
Common Names | Pienk Keurboom (a), Pink Blossom Tree (e), Pink Keurboom (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2018/11/08 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread and common species. It has lost habitat and is declining in places, but is not yet in danger of extinction. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | This species is found from the Outeniqua mountains near George to Grahamstown, with an isolated subpopulation known from the Swartberg Mountains near Ladismith. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest, Fynbos |
Description | Plants grow in forest margins and streamsides in dry fynbos, 0-1200 m. |
Threats |
| This species has lost habitat to timber plantations on lower mountain slopes and the coastal plain in the past. Habitat loss to coastal development continues, and parts of its range are infested with alien invasive plants that are outcompeting native species. |
Population |
This species is common on the southern Cape coastal plain and mountains (Van Wyk 1986).
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Virgilia divaricata Adamson | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity 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.
Van Wyk, B.E. 1986. A revision of the genus Virgilia (Fabaceae). South African Journal of Botany 52:347-353.
Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2018. Virgilia divaricata Adamson. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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