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Scientific Name | Smodingium argutum E.Mey. ex Sond. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ANACARDIACEAE |
Common Names | Agony Bush (e), Intovane (x), Pain-bush (e), Pynbos (a), Rainbow Leaf (e), Umthomvane (x) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2018/11/07 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread species that is not in danger of extinction. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | This species occurs in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands and Drakensberg foothills to the Eastern Cape coast. It is also known from scattered occurrences in northern KwaZulu-Natal, the Free State and Lesotho. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest, Savanna |
Description | Plants grow in thornveld and forest margins. |
Population |
Smodingium argutum is a rare species occurring in small, scattered subpopulations (Scott-Shaw 1999, Boon 2010).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Smodingium argutum E.Mey. ex Sond. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Smodingium argutum E.Mey. ex Sond. | Lower Risk - Least Concern | Scott-Shaw (1999) | | Smodingium argutum E.Mey. ex Sond. | Not Threatened | 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. 2018. Smodingium argutum E.Mey. ex Sond. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/14 |
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