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Scientific Name | Dioscorea mundii Baker |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | DIOSCOREACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2007/05/02 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO <1000 km², less than 10 known locations continue to decline as a result of coastal development, agriculture (pasture plantations) and alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Nature's Valley to George. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Garden Route Granite Fynbos, Goukamma Dune Thicket |
Description | Coastal forest on fixed dunes and edges of afromontane forest. |
Threats |
| Some of this species' habitat has been transformed to forestry plantations in the past, but this threat has ceased. Remaining subpopulations are threatened by ongoing loss and degradation of their habitat due to agricultural expansion, coastal development and competition from alien invasive plants. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Dioscorea mundii Baker | NT B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
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 |
| Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Dioscorea mundii Baker. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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