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Scientific Name | Pachypodium saundersii N.E.Br. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
Common Names | Insema-yamatshe (z), Isihlehle (z), Koedoelelie (a), Kudu Lily (e), Rathbonia (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2022/10/21 |
Assessor(s) | N.N. Mhlongo |
Justification | This species has an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 123 441 km² and an area of occupancy (AOO) of 256 km². It is known from more than 28 subpopulations and is threatened by habitat loss, alien invasive plants and potential harvesting. The species is currently assessed as Least Concern as it is too abundant to be at risk of extinction in the near future, however the population trends should be monitored. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | This species is endemic to southern Africa and has a wide distribution ranging from South Africa into Zimbabwe and southern Mozambique. In South Africa, it stretches from KwaZulu-Natal along the Lebombo range into Mpumalanga and Limpopo. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Mopane Gabbro Shrubland, Granite Lowveld, Crocodile Gorge Mountain Bushveld, Zululand Lowveld, Makatini Clay Thicket, Southern Lebombo Bushveld, Ohrigstad Mountain Bushveld |
Description | Plants grow in rock crevices in dry lowveld woodland. |
Threats |
| This species has lost 20% suitable habitat (calculated using GIS) and its habitat is heavily infested by invasive alien species through its South African range. It is also popular in the ornamental horticulture trade and 10 666 live plants have been exported from South Africa since 1976. |
Population |
This species has had 109 observations posted by citizen scientists on the iNaturalist platform between 2013 and 2023 from across its known range, from these observations we infer that the population is locally common, stable and not declining.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Pachypodium saundersii N.E.Br. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Pachypodium saundersii N.E.Br. | Not Threatened | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Pachypodium saundersii N.E.Br. | Indeterminate | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
Codd, L.E. 1963. Apocynaceae. In: R.A. Dyer, L.E. Codd and H.B. Rycroft (eds). Flora of southern Africa 26 (Myrsinaceae-Apocynaceae):244-296. Botanica Research Institute, Pretoria.
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 |
| Mhlongo, N.N. 2022. Pachypodium saundersii N.E.Br. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/03/22 |
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