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Scientific Name | Maurocenia frangula Mill. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | CELASTRACEAE |
Synonyms | Cassine maurocenia L., Maurocenia capensis Sond., Maurocenia frangularia Willd. |
Common Names | Aasvoëlbessie (a), Hottentot's Cherry (e), Hottentotskersie (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2016/06/23 |
Assessor(s) | R.H. Archer, J.E. Victor & L. von Staden |
Justification | Maurocenia frangula is a range-restricted (EOO 4800 km²), but common species, particularly on the Cape Peninsula. Some subpopulations are threatened by habitat loss to coastal development and urban expansion, but most of this species' habitat is protected and it is unlikely to decline to extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cape Peninsula, Vredenburg Peninsula and Jonkershoek near Stellenbosch. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest, Fynbos |
Description | Forested ravines on mountain slopes, and rocky areas near the seashore. |
Threats |
| This species has declined due to urban expansion on the Cape Peninsula in the past, but most of its habitat is now protected within the Table Mountain National Park, and habitat loss is no longer a severe threat in this area. Subpopulations at Yzerfontein and Jacobsbaai on the West Coast are threatened by sporadic, ongoing habitat loss mainly to coastal development, but they represent a small proportion of the population. |
Population |
This species is widespread and common across the Cape Peninsula, where most of its habitat is protected within the Table Mountain National Park. It's habitat is also protected at Jonkershoek and within the West Coast National Park. Although a few subpopulations outside of protected areas are threatened by ongoing habitat loss, enough of this species' habitat is conserved so that it is unlikely to decline to extinction.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Maurocenia frangula Mill. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Archer, R.H. and Van Wyk, A.E. 1998. A taxonomic revision of Maurocenia (Celastraceae), a Western Cape monotypic endemic. Bothalia 28(1):7-10.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity 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 |
| Archer, R.H., Victor, J.E. & von Staden, L. 2016. Maurocenia frangula Mill. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/12 |
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