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Scientific Name | Eugenia verdoorniae A.E.van Wyk |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | MYRTACEAE |
Common Names | Small-leaved Myrtle (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened B1ab(iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2007/11/27 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden & A.T.D. Abbott |
Justification | EOO 1200 km², more than 10 locations occur in a highly threatened and restricted habitat. Habitat quality and number of mature individuals continue to decline due to too frequent and intense grassland fires impacting on forest margins. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Pondoland, Umtamvuna to Port St Johns. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest |
Description | Pondoland scarp forest. Occurs on forest margins and on exposed stream banks and islands of larger rivers, restricted to Msikaba Formation Sandstone. |
Threats |
| The main threat to Pondoland woody endemics restricted to forest margins is too frequent and intense grassland fires that are causing forest margins to recede (D. Styles, C.R. Scott-Shaw pers. obs.) This threat is affecting forest margins mainly in the areas between Umtamvuna and Mkambati Nature Reserves, and around Lusikisiki. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Eugenia verdoorniae A.E.van Wyk | NT B1ab(iii,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Eugenia verdoorniae A.E.van Wyk | Lower Risk - Least Concern | Scott-Shaw (1999) | | Eugenia verdoorniae A.E.van Wyk | 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. Eugenia verdoorniae A.E.van Wyk. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/17 |
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