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Scientific Name | Podalyria microphylla E.Mey. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered A2bc |
Assessment Date | 2012/11/19 |
Assessor(s) | J.H. Vlok, A.L. Schutte-Vlok & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Nearly 90% of this long-lived resprouter's habitat has been lost to agriculture and urban development in the past 100 years (generation length 50 years). EOO 1198 km², remaining subpopulations are small, isolated and continue to decline due to ongoing habitat degradation as a result of invasive alien plants and habitat loss to urban expansion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Tygerberg, Klipheuwel to Paarl and the Paardeberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Swartland Shale Renosterveld, Swartland Granite Renosterveld, Boland Granite Fynbos, Swartland Alluvium Fynbos |
Description | Shale or granite in lowland renosterveld. |
Threats |
| More than 88% of this species' habitat was lost in the past 100 years to urban expansion and agriculture. Urban expansion continues to threaten remaining subpopulations. Livestock grazing and invasive alien plants are resulting in ongoing degradation of habitat for remaining subpopulations. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Podalyria microphylla E.Mey. | CR A2c; B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Podalyria microphylla E.Mey. | Extinct | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
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.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical 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.
Schutte-Vlok, A.L. and Van Wyk, B.E. 2011. A taxonomic revision of Podalyria (Fabaceae). Systematic Botany 36(3):631-660.
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Citation |
| Vlok, J.H., Schutte-Vlok, A.L. & Raimondo, D. 2012. Podalyria microphylla E.Mey. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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