Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Cyphia corylifolia Harv.
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
LOBELIACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Data Deficient - Insufficient Information
Assessment Date
2003/04/23
Assessor(s)
C.R. Scott-Shaw & J.E. Victor
Justification
Known from three herbarium collections made before 1940. Distribution and population status is too poorly known to determine its threat status.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo
Range
KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, Nkandla and Sekhukhuneland.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Forest
Description
Mistbelt forest margins and scrub.
Population
Population trend
Unknown
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Cyphia corylifolia Harv.Data Deficient Raimondo et al. (2009)
Cyphia corylifolia Harv.Data Deficient Victor (2002)
Cyphia corylifolia Harv.Data Deficient Scott-Shaw (1999)
Cyphia corylifolia Harv.Rare Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Bibliography

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.


Victor, J.E. 2002. South Africa. In: J.S. Golding (ed), Southern African plant Red Data Lists. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 14 (pp. 93-120), SABONET, Pretoria.


Citation
Scott-Shaw, C.R. & Victor, J.E. 2003. Cyphia corylifolia Harv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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