Aspalathus nigra

Clade:Tracheophytes

Clade:Angiosperms

Clade:Eudicots

Clade:Rosids

Aspalathus nigra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Aspalathus
Species:	A. nigra
Binomial name
Aspalathus nigra L.
Synonyms
Achyronia nigra (L.) Kuntze Aspalathus deciduifolia Eckl. & Zeyh. Aspalathus globosa Steud. Aspalathus involucrata Pappe ex Harv. Aspalathus melanoides Eckl. & Zeyh. Aspalathus nigrescens E.Mey. Aspalathus pallens Eckl. & Zeyh. Paraspalathus melanoides (Eckl. & Zeyh.) C.Presl Paraspalathus nigra (L.) C.Presl Paraspalathus nigrescens (E.Mey.) C.Presl Trineuria deciduifolia (Eckl. & Zeyh.) C.Presl Trineuria fuscescens C.Presl

Aspalathus nigra, the black Capegorse, is a plant belonging to the genus Aspalathus.^[1] The species is endemic to the Northern Cape and the Western Cape and is part of the fynbos. The plant occurs from the Cederberg to the Hottentots Holland Mountains and Agulhas Plain and eastwards across the Langeberg to the Outeniqua Mountains and Uniondale. The population is stable.^[2]