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Scientific Name | Cyclopia buxifolia (Burm.f.) Kies |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Cyclopia aurescens Kies var. glauca Kies, Cyclopia dregeana Kies, Cyclopia falcata (Harv.) Kies var. ovata Kies, Cyclopia latifolia Benth., Cyclopia latifolia E.Mey., Cyclopia subternata Hofmeyr & E.Phillips (in part), Cyclopia vogelii Harv. (in part), Cyclopia vogelii Harv. var. subternata (Vogel) Harv. (in part), Genista buxifolia Burm.f. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2011/06/02 |
Assessor(s) | A.L. Schutte-Vlok & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A widespread, montane species that is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Skurweberg to the Outeniqua Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Rocky, humic, sandy soil, 830-1 670 m. |
Threats |
| No significant threats. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Notes |
| This species resprouts from a woody rootstock after fire. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cyclopia buxifolia (Burm.f.) Kies | 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.
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.
Schutte, A.L. 1997. Systematics of the genus Cyclopia Vent. (Fabaceae, Podalyrieae). Edinburgh Journal of Botany 54(2):125-170.
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Citation |
| Schutte-Vlok, A.L. & Raimondo, D. 2011. Cyclopia buxifolia (Burm.f.) Kies. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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