Bossiaea pulchella LC Taxonomic Authority: Meisn.  Global Assessment  Regional Assessment Region: Global  Endemic to region

Upper Level Taxonomy Kingdom: PLANTAE Phylum: TRACHEOPHYTA Class: MAGNOLIOPSIDA Order: FABALES Family: LEGUMINOSAE Lower Level Taxonomy Rank: Infra- rank name:  Plant Hybrid Subpopulation: Authority:

General Information Distribution Bossiaea pulchella is endemic to Australia, distributed in the state of Western Australia.

Range Size Elevation Biogeographic Realm Area of Occupancy: Upper limit: 350  Afrotropical Extent of Occurrence: 35300 Lower limit: 0  Antarctic Map Status: Depth  Australasian Upper limit:  Neotropical Lower limit:  Oceanian Depth Zones  Palearctic  Shallow photic  Bathyl  Hadal  Indomalayan  Photic  Abyssal  Nearctic Population This species has been recently recorded (latest collection in 2008) but there is not much information on population size or dynamics. The Mahogany Creek population is known to be "a reasonably sized population" (Ross 3039).

Total Population Size Minimum Population Size: Maximum Population Size: Habitat and Ecology Shrub that grows in lateritic gravelly soils, associated with Eucalyptus marginata or Corymbia calophylla (Ross, 2006) in Jarrah or Marri Woodlands.

System Movement pattern Crop Wild Relative  Terrestrial  Freshwater  Nomadic  Congregatory/Dispersive  Is the species a wild relative of a crop?  Marine  Migratory  Altitudinally migrant Life History

Age at Maturity Female: Units for Age: Male: Size at Maturity (in cm) Female: Male: Longevity: Units for Longevity: Averate Reproductive Age: Units for Reproductive Age: Maximum Size (in cm): Size at Birth (in cm): Gestation Time: Units for Gestation: Generation Length: Justification: Reproductive Periodicity: Average Annual Fecundity or Litter Size: Annual Rate of Population Increase: Annual Rate of Population Increase: Natural Mortality:

Growth From Definition Shrub - large Perennial shrub (>1m), also termed a Phanerophyte (>1m)

Threats According to the survey done for the CALM Conservation Code for Western Australian Flora (Smith, 2010) this species is not currently threatened by any identifiable factors. However, the habitat where this species is naturally distributed was in the past under great pressure from agricultural and urban development.

Past Present Future 1 Habitat Loss/Degradation (human induced)  1.1 Agriculture  1.4 Infrastructure development  1.4.2 Human settlement  13 None  Conservation Measures This species has been assessed under the CALM Conservation Code for Western Australian Flora as Priority Four (Smith 2010). Meaning that this taxon is considered to have been adequately surveyed and whilst being rare (in Australia), is not currently threatened by any identifiable factors. It is recommended that this species is monitored every five to ten years. The seeds of this species have been collected as part of the Millennium Seed Bank project. Seed collections are stored at: Wakehurst Place, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (UK) and Kings Park & Botanic Garden, Perth (Australia). From the known collections, this species is only known to occur in two protected areas: Avon Valley National Park and Monadnocks Conservation Park.

In Place Needed 3 Research actions  3.2 Population numbers and range  4 Habitat and site-based actions  4.4 Protected areas  5 Species-based actions  5.7 Ex situ conservation actions  5.7.2 Genome resource bank 

Countries of Occurrence PRESENCE ORIGIN Year Breeding Non- Passage Possibly ExtinctPresence Native Introduced Re- Vagrant Origin Round Season breeding migrant extinct uncertain Introduced uncertain only season only Australia    Western Australia   

General Habitats Score Description Major Importance 1 Forest 1UnsetSuitable 1.4 Forest - Temperate1Unset Suitable 2 Savanna 1UnsetSuitable 2.1 Savanna - Dry1Unset Suitable 3 Shrubland 1UnsetSuitable 3.8 Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation1Unset Suitable 14 Artificial/Terrestrial1Unset Suitable

Species Utilisation  Species is not utilised at all

Purpose / Type of Use Subsistence National International 13. Pets/display animals, horticulture  It is an ideal container plant or suitable for smaller gardens.

Trend in the level of wild offtake/harvest in relation to total wild population numbers over the last five years: Trend in the amount of offtake/harvest produced through domestication/cultivation over the last five years: CITES status: Not listed

IUCN Red Listing Red List Assessment:(using 2001 IUCN system) Least Concern (LC)

Red List Criteria: Date Last Seen (only for EX, EW or Possibly EX species): Is the species Possibly Extinct?  Possibly Extinct Candidate?  Rationale for the Red List Assessment B. pulchella is listed as Least Concern in view of its fairly wide distribution in Western Australia, the fact that it is known to occur in protected areas and that its seeds have been banked. Based on the extent of occurrence (~35,300 km2) it may warrant the rating of Near Threatened, however, it has already been assessed as not Threatened in CALM (Smith 2010) since there aren’t any identifiable factors currently threatening this species. It is recommended that this species is surveyed again in the near future. Reason(s) for Change in Red List Category from the Previous Assessment:  Genuine Change  Nongenuine Change  No Change  Genuine (recent)  New information  Taxonomy  Same category  Genuine (since first assessment)  Knowledge of Criteria  Criteria Revisio and criteria  Incorrect data used  Other  Same category but previously change in criteria Current Population Trend: Stable Date of Assessment: 06/07/2010 Name(s) of the Assessor(s): Malcolm, P. Evaluator(s): Notes:

% population decline in the past: Time period over which the past decline has been measured for applying Criterion A or C1 (in years or generations): % population decline in the future: Time period over which the future decline has been measured for applying Criterion A or C1 (in years or generations): Number of Locations: Severely Fragmented: Number of Mature Individuals:

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