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Scientific Name | Asparagus sylvicola S.M.Burrows |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPARAGACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2013/07/30 |
Assessor(s) | S.M. Burrows, J.E. Burrows & L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread species that is not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | Eastern Escarpment of South Africa, from Haenertsburg to Barberton, and extending to the Siteki area in the Lebombo Mountains of Swaziland. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest |
Description | Scarp Forest and lower regions of Northern Mistbelt Forest. |
Threats |
| This species' habitat is well-protected and it is not threatened (Burrows and Burrows 2008). |
Population |
This widespread species is seldom common, but it is not suspected to be declining (Burrows and Burrows 2008).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Asparagus sylvicola S.M.Burrows | Least Concern | 2014.1 | |
Bibliography |
Burrows, S.M. and Burrows, J.E. 2008. Three new species of Asparagus (Asparagaceae) from South Africa, with some notes on other taxa. Bothalia 38(1):23-29.
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Citation |
| Burrows, S.M., Burrows, J.E. & von Staden, L. 2013. Asparagus sylvicola S.M.Burrows. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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