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Scientific Name | Bonatea speciosa (L.f.) Willd. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ORCHIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Bonatea densiflora Sond., Bonatea speciosa (L.f.) Willd. var. speciosa, Habenaria boltoni Harv., Habenaria bonatea Rchb.f., Habenaria densiflora (Sond.) Rchb.f., Habenaria robusta N.E.Br., Orchis speciosa L.f. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2009/09/06 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor, D. McMurtry, L. Grobler & S. Burns |
Justification | Widespread, common and not suspected to be in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Extremely widespread along the Southern African coast, from Lambert's Bay in the Western Cape through the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal into southern Mozambique, extending only a short distance inland in the Eastern Cape. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Southern Coastal Forest, Knysna Sand Fynbos, St Francis Dune Thicket, Kasouga Dune Thicket, Hartenbos Dune Thicket, Goukamma Dune Thicket |
Description | Sandy soils, in fynbos, coastal scrub, on forest margins and sometimes in savanna or open woodland. Altitude sea level up to 1200 m. |
Threats |
| Declining along the coast due to coastal development, not currently causing declines that will place this species in a threatened category. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Bonatea speciosa (L.f.) Willd. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Bonatea speciosa (L.f.) Willd. var. speciosa | Lower Risk - Least Concern | Victor (2002) | | Bonatea densiflora Sond. | Uncertain | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
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.
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.
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.
Victor, J.E. 2002. South Africa. In: J.S. Golding (ed), Southern African plant Red Data Lists. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 14 (pp. 93-120), SABONET, Pretoria.
Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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Citation |
| Victor, J.E., McMurtry, D., Grobler, L. & Burns, S. 2009. Bonatea speciosa (L.f.) Willd. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/09/08 |
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