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Scientific Name | Podalyria oleaefolia Salisb. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Podalyria speciosa Eckl. & Zeyh. |
Common Names | Keurtjie (a), Klapperbos (a), Klapperbossie (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2012/11/23 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & A.L. Schutte-Vlok |
Justification | Although some decline is likely to have taken place in lowland areas, especially around Elim, this species has sufficient subpopulations conserved within montane areas and reserves in the Klein River and Hottentots Holland mountains, and is unlikely to decline to extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Hottentots Holland and Klein River mountains to Elim. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Mountain and lowland fynbos in wet, sandy soil below 500 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Podalyria speciosa Eckl. & Zeyh. | Least Concern | 2012.1 | | Podalyria speciosa Eckl. & Zeyh. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Podalyria oleaefolia Salisb. | 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.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D. & Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2012. Podalyria oleaefolia Salisb. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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