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Scientific Name | Wiborgia fusca Thunb. subsp. fusca |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Jacksonago flexuosa (E.Mey.) Kuntze, Jacksonago fusca (Thunb.) Kuntze, Peltaria capensis Burm.f., Pterocarpus peltaria DC., Wiborgia flexuosa E.Mey., Wiborgia oblongata E.Mey. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2020/09/21 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | This taxon is widespread, common and not threatened. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | It is endemic in the Northern and Western Cape Provinces, South Africa, where it occurs from Namaqualand to Malmesbury. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos, Succulent Karoo |
Description | Plants grow in montane, lowland and coastal fynbos. |
Population |
This is an extremely common taxon, often dominating the fynbos habitats in which it occurs.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Wiborgia fusca Thunb. subsp. fusca | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Dahlgren, R. 1975. Studies on Wiborgia Thunb. and related species of Lebeckia Thunb. (Fabaceae). Opera Botanica 38:1-83.
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. 2020. Wiborgia fusca Thunb. subsp. fusca. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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