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Scientific Name | Dracaena transvaalensis Baker |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | RUSCACEAE |
Common Names | Photsoloma (ns), Tshila-mbila (v), Wolkberg Dragon Tree (e), Wolkberg-drakeboom (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2006/11/03 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden, J.E. Burrows & S. Burns |
Justification | Know from seven sites, this habitat specialist is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo |
Range | Wolkberg to Ohrigstad. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Tzaneen Sour Bushveld, Ohrigstad Mountain Bushveld |
Description | Quartzite or dolomite lithosols, sometimes in deep rock cracks, hot and dry exposed slopes covered in deciduous woodland, occasionally in light shade in evergreen tall woodland on mountain slopes, 750-1000 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Dracaena transvaalensis Baker | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Barker, J.G. 1904. Beiträge zur Kenttnis der afrikanischen Flora 16: Liliaceae. Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier 2(4):996-1002.
Bos, J.J. 1992. Dracaena. In: O.A. Leistner (ed). Flora of southern Africa 5 Part 3 Dracaenaceae, Asparagaceae, Luzuriagaceae and Smilacaceae:1-4. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Germishuizen, G., Meyer, N.L., Steenkamp, Y. and Keith, M. (eds). 2006. A checklist of South African plants. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 41 SABONET, 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.
Venter, F. 1996. The genus Dracaena L. in South Africa. Aloe 33(2&3):62-64.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L., Burrows, J.E. & Burns, S. 2006. Dracaena transvaalensis Baker. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/15 |
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