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Scientific Name | Atalaya capensis R.A.Dyer |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | SAPINDACEAE |
Common Names | Cape Krantz Ash (e), Cape Wing-nut (e), Kaapse Krans-es (a), Kaapse Krans-esseboom (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2021/11/02 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor & A.P. Dold |
Justification | Atalaya capensis is an Eastern Cape endemic restricted to coastal forests of the Eastern Cape where it often grows on rocky wooded hill slopes and cliffs. There are no known threats affecting this species, but it is likely to have lost its habitat to agriculture and urban development in the past. It is assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | This Eastern Cape endemic has a restricted distribution in the vicinity of Port Elizabeth. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | This species grows in forest and bush, often on steep wooded hill slope. |
Threats |
| There are no known threats to this species. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Atalaya capensis R.A.Dyer | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Atalaya capensis R.A.Dyer | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Atalaya capensis R.A.Dyer | Rare | 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.
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 |
| Victor, J.E. & Dold, A.P. 2021. Atalaya capensis R.A.Dyer. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/13 |
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