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Scientific Name | Gymnosporia bachmannii Loes. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | CELASTRACEAE |
Synonyms | Maytenus bachmannii (Loes.) Marais |
Common Names | Wilger-kokoboom (a), Wilger-pendoring (a), Willow Koko Tree (e), Willow Spike-thorn (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/11/27 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden & A.T.D. Abbott |
Justification | A range-restricted endemic to the Pondoland region, rare and found in a highly restricted habitat along stream banks (AOO <20 km²). Potentially threatened by alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Oribi Gorge to Mkweni River. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Northern Coastal Forest, Scarp Forest, Pondoland-Ugu Sandstone Coastal Sourveld |
Description | Pondoland scarp forest on sandstone, rocky banks of streams and rivers, often on islands in larger rivers. |
Threats |
| Portions of some rivers where this species occurs are becoming choked with alien plants (Scott-Shaw 1999). Recent observations confirmed the presence of alien invasive Chromolaena odorata in the Mtentu River, which may cause declines in future if they are not managed. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
| It is protected in the Oribi Gorge, Umtamvuna and Mkambati Nature Reserves. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Gymnosporia bachmannii Loes. | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Gymnosporia bachmannii Loes. | VU | Scott-Shaw (1999) | | Maytenus bachmannii (Loes.) Marais | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Boon, R. 2010. Pooley's Trees of eastern South Africa. Flora and Fauna Publications Trust, Durban.
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 |
| von Staden, L. & Abbott, A.T.D. 2007. Gymnosporia bachmannii Loes. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/25 |
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