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Scientific Name | Podalyria biflora (L.) Lam. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Hypocalyptus pedunculatus (Thunb.) Thunb., Podalyria argentea Eckl. & Zeyh., Podalyria buxifolia (Retz.) DC., not Podalyria buxifolia Lam., Podalyria buxifolia (Retz.) Willd., Podalyria buxifolia Lam. var. diantha E.Mey., Podalyria glauca (Thunb.) DC. var. biflora E.Mey., Podalyria liparioides Eckl. & Zeyh., Podalyria myrtillifolia (Retz.) Willd. var. liparioides (DC.) E.Mey, Podalyria myrtillifolia (Retz.) Willd. var. parvifolia E.Mey., Podalyria pedunculata (Thunb.) Eckl. & Zeyh., Podalyria pedunculata (Thunb.) Eckl. & Zeyh. var. minor Eckl. & Zeyh., Podalyria pulcherrima Schinz, Podalyria racemulosa Eckl. & Zeyh., Podalyria retzii (J.F.Gmel.) Rickett & Stafleu, Sophora biflora L., Sophora buxifolia Retz., Sophora pedunculata Thunb., Sophora retzii J.F.Gmel. |
Common Names | Keurtjie (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2012/11/16 |
Assessor(s) | A.L. Schutte-Vlok & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A widespread species with many subpopulations in montane areas where it is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Clanwilliam to the Cape Peninsula and eastwards to the Outeniqua Mountains north of Mossel Bay. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Mountain and lowland fynbos in rocky, and sandy soil. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Podalyria pulcherrima Schinz | Least Concern | 2012.1 | | Podalyria racemulosa Eckl. & Zeyh. | Least Concern | 2012.1 | | Podalyria buxifolia (Retz.) Willd. | Least Concern | 2012.1 | | Podalyria pulcherrima Schinz | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Podalyria biflora Lam. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Podalyria racemulosa Eckl. & Zeyh. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Podalyria buxifolia (Retz.) Willd. | 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.
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Citation |
| Schutte-Vlok, A.L. & Raimondo, D. 2012. Podalyria biflora (L.) Lam. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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