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Scientific Name | Combretum patelliforme Engl. & Diels |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | COMBRETACEAE |
Synonyms | Combretum celastroides Welw. ex M.A.Lawson (in part), Combretum celastroides Welw. ex M.A.Lawson subsp. orientale Exell |
Common Names | Trailing Bushwillow (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2018/10/04 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Combretum patelliforme is rare in South Africa, but not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo |
Range | In South Africa, this species is localized to Maputaland in KwaZulu-Natal and the northern Kruger National Park. Outside South Africa, it extends through Mozambique and Zimbabwe to Tanzania and Zimbabwe. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Maputaland Pallid Sandy Bushveld, Nwambyia-Pumbe Sandy Bushveld, Tembe Sandy Bushveld, Makuleke Sandy Bushveld, Sand Forest |
Description | it occurs in sand forest in Maputaland and dry rocky bushveld and sandveld in Limpopo. |
Threats |
| There is ongoing habitat loss to expanding rural settlements and agriculture outside protected areas in northern KwaZulu-Natal, and there is likely to have been historical population decline. It now persists mostly in Tembe Elephant Park and the Kruger National Park. It is possibly threatened by overgrazing and trampling due to overstocking of elephants in Tembe, but monitoring is required to determine whether the population is declining. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Combretum celastroides Welw. ex M.A.Lawson subsp. orientale Exell | Least Concern | 2012.1 | | Combretum celastroides Welw. ex M.A.Lawson subsp. orientale Exell | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Boon, R. 2010. Pooley's Trees of eastern South Africa. Flora and Fauna Publications Trust, Durban.
Exell, A.W. 1978. Combretaceae. In: E. Launert (ed). Flora Zambesiaca 4:100-183. Flora Zambesiaca Managing Committee, London.
Jordaan, M., Van Wyk, A.E. and Maurin, O. 2011. A conspectus of Combretum (Combretaceae) in southern Africa, with taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on species and sections. Bothalia 41(1):135-160.
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.
Schmidt, E., Lotter, M. and McCleland, W. 2002. Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park. Jacana, Johannesburg.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2018. Combretum patelliforme Engl. & Diels. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2020.1. Accessed on 2022/05/16 |
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