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Scientific Name | Cyphostemma flaviflorum (Sprague) Desc. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | VITACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened A2c |
Assessment Date | 2008/07/07 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | This species has lost an estimated 20-30% of its habitat to urban development, crop cultivation and livestock overgrazing in the last three generations. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | KwaZulu-Natal coast, from Durban to Port Shepstone. Possibly also Maputaland. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Mangrove Forest, KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Thornveld, Subtropical Seashore Vegetation |
Description | Creeper in subtropical dune thicket. 0-50 m. |
Threats |
| KwaZulu-Natal coastal areas between Durban and Port Shepstone is one of the most popular holiday destinations in South Africa and these areas have been extensively impacted by coastal development. While coastal development does not often extend right onto coastal dunes and beaches, such sites are often degraded through high human impact and is also severely affected by alien invasive encroachment (Mucina and Rutherford 2006). It is very difficult to estimate the exact extent of habitat loss as subtropical dune thicket has not been adequately mapped, and transformation and degradation is underestimated by the national land cover map. C.R. Scott-Shaw (pers. comm.) estimated for Aloe thraskii that c 20-30% of the habitat is transformed and degraded. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Notes |
| A very poorly known species. Not listed in Scott-Shaw (1999). |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cyphostemma flaviflorum (Sprague) Desc. | NT A2c | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Mucina, L. and Rutherford, M.C. (eds). 2006. The vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Strelitzia 19. 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.
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. 2008. Cyphostemma flaviflorum (Sprague) Desc. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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