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Scientific Name | Ocimum coddii (S.D.Will. & K.Balkwill) A.J.Paton |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | LAMIACEAE |
Synonyms | Becium coddii S.D.Will. & K.Balkwill |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2016/11/14 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A highly range-restricted species (EOO 71 km²), known from three locations and potentially threatened by habitat loss and degradation. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | Abel Erasmus Pass to the northern section of the Blyde River Canyon. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Granite Lowveld, Poung Dolomite Mountain Bushveld |
Description | Rocky hillsides with dolomite-derived clays oils or in riverine vegetation on sandy, dry banks of streams that originate in dolomitic areas. |
Threats |
| There are currently no severe threats to this species, but it is potentially threatened by habitat loss to expanding settlements, as well as overgrazing on the Abel Erasmus Pass. And in the Blyde River Valley it is potentially threatened by habitat loss to agricultural expansion. |
Population |
This species is known from only three locations within a very small area - the summit of the Abel Erasmus Pass, and two along the Blyde River in the Lowveld north-east of the Blyde River Canyon. It is possibly more widespread in dolomite bushveld to the east and west of Abel Erasmus Pass, which is not easily accessible by road and therefore less well explored.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ocimum coddii (S.D.Will. & K.Balkwill) A.J.Paton | VU D2 | 2017.1 | | Ocimum coddii (S.D.Will. & K.Balkwill) A.J.Paton | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Williamson, S.D. and Balkwill, K. 1995. Four New Species of Becium Lindl. (Labiatae) from South Africa. Kew Bulletin 50(4):739-751.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2016. Ocimum coddii (S.D.Will. & K.Balkwill) A.J.Paton. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/24 |
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