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Scientific Name | Dracaena mannii Baker |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | RUSCACEAE |
Synonyms | Dracaena nitens Welw. ex Baker, Dracaena perrottetii Baker var. minor Baker, Dracaena perrottetii Baker var. perrottetii, Dracaena reflexa Lam. (in part), Dracaena reflexa Lam. var. nitens Welw. ex Baker, Dracaena thomsoniana Engl., Dracaena usambarensis Engl. |
Common Names | Insundwana (z), Kleinblaar-drakeboom (a), Kosi Dragon Tree (e), Small-leaved Dragon Tree (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2018/11/06 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Most of this species' remaining habitat in South Africa is protected, although there is ongoing habitat degradation in some areas of protected habitat that could potentially threaten the local population. It is still fairly common, and not yet in danger of local extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | This species has a limited distribution in South Africa, occurring only around Mtunzini and Kosi Bay on the northern KwaZulu-Natal coast. It extends northwards through Mozambique to tropical Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest |
Description | It is localized to coastal swamp forests. |
Threats |
| It is threatened by habitat loss and degradation outside protected areas, where there has been significant expansion of rural settlements and agriculture within its range in South Africa. There is also ongoing degradation of forests within protected areas due to natural resource extraction. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Dracaena mannii Baker | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Dracaena mannii Baker | Not Threatened | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Dracaena usambarensis Engl. | Rare | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
Boon, R. 2010. Pooley's Trees of eastern South Africa. Flora and Fauna Publications Trust, Durban.
Bos, J.J. 1992. Dracaena. In: O.A. Leistner (ed). Flora of southern Africa 5 Part 3 Dracaenaceae, Asparagaceae, Luzuriagaceae and Smilacaceae:1-4. National Botanical Institute, 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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2018. Dracaena mannii Baker. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/17 |
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