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Scientific Name | Orbea woodii (N.E.Br.) L.C.Leach |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
Synonyms | Orbea woodii (N.E.Br.) L.C.Leach var. westii R.A.Dyer, Stapelia woodii N.E.Br., Stapelia woodii N.E.Br. var. westii R.A.Dyer |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(v) |
Assessment Date | 2005/08/05 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor, D. Styles & C.R. Scott-Shaw |
Justification | EOO<5000 km² known from less than 10 locations. It is collected for medicinal purposes which is causing a continuing decline to the population. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Tugela River Valley. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Thukela Thornveld, Thukela Valley Bushveld, KwaZulu-Natal Highland Thornveld |
Description | Valley thicket and savanna, open and closed dry woodland, on gently sloping areas of shale with dolerite rocks, between stones and small tufts of grass in open places, 800-1200 m. |
Threats |
| Harvesting [gathering] |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Orbea woodii (N.E.Br.) L.C.Leach | VU B1ab(v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Orbea woodii (N.E.Br.) L.C.Leach | VU B1B2abcde | Scott-Shaw (1999) | | Orbea woodii (N.E.Br.) L.C.Leach | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Orbea woodii (N.E.Br.) L.C.Leach | Uncertain | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
Bruyns, P.V. 2002. Monograph of Orbea and Ballyanthus (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae-Ceropegieae). Systematic Botany Monographs 63:1-196.
Bruyns, P.V. 2005. Stapeliads of southern Africa and Madagascar. (Vol. 1, pp. 1-330). Umdaus Press, Pretoria.
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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.
Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.
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Citation |
| Victor, J.E., Styles, D. & Scott-Shaw, C.R. 2005. Orbea woodii (N.E.Br.) L.C.Leach. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2020.1. Accessed on 2022/05/16 |
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