Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Podalyria buxifolia Lam.
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
FABACEAE
Synonyms
Hypocalyptus glaucus Thunb., Podalyria glauca (Thunb.) DC., Podalyria glauca DC., Podalyria mundiana Eckl. & Zeyh., Podalyria sparsiflora Eckl. & Zeyh.
National Status
Status and Criteria
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2012/11/23
Assessor(s)
A.L. Schutte-Vlok & D. Raimondo
Justification
A montane species that is locally frequent in suitable habitat, and not threatened.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Eastern Cape, Western Cape
Range
Outeniqua to Kareedouw mountains.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Fynbos
Description
Coastal mountain fynbos in rocky, loamy soil.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Podalyria glauca DC.Least Concern 2012.1
Podalyria glauca DC.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-Vlok, A.L. and Van Wyk, B.E. 2011. A taxonomic revision of Podalyria (Fabaceae). Systematic Botany 36(3):631-660.


Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.


Citation
Schutte-Vlok, A.L. & Raimondo, D. 2012. Podalyria buxifolia Lam. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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