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Scientific Name | Podalyria myrtillifolia (Retz.) Willd. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Podalyria albens E.Mey., Podalyria buxifolia Eckl. & Zeyh., Podalyria cuneifolia Vent., Podalyria cuneifolia Vent. var. diantha E.Mey., Podalyria cuneifolia Vent. var. latifolia Walp., Podalyria glauca Eckl. & Zeyh. (in part), not Podalyria glauca (Thunb.) DC (1825), Podalyria hamata E.Mey., Podalyria pallens Eckl. & Zeyh., Podalyria patens Eckl. & Zeyh., Podalyria splendens Eckl. & Zeyh., Sophora myrtillifolia Retz. |
Common Names | Keurtjie (a), Wilde-ertjie (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2020/09/17 |
Assessor(s) | A.L. Schutte-Vlok & L. von Staden |
Justification | Podalyria myrtillifolia is widespread, common and not threatened. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | This species is known to occur from Tulbagh to Port Elizabeth. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Plants grow in sandstone, limestone or shale fynbos, on lower slopes and flats. |
Population |
The most widespread and common species in the genus.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Podalyria cuneifolia Vent. | Least Concern | 2012.1 | | Podalyria hamata E.Mey. | Data Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) | 2012.1 | | Podalyria myrtillifolia (Retz.) Willd. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Podalyria hamata E.Mey. | Data Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Podalyria cuneifolia Vent. | 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.
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.
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Citation |
| Schutte-Vlok, A.L. & von Staden, L. 2020. Podalyria myrtillifolia (Retz.) Willd. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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