| Scientific Name | Cassine schinoides (Spreng.) R.H.Archer | Higher Classification | Dicotyledons | Family | CELASTRACEAE | Synonyms | Elaeodendron schinoides Spreng., Hartogia angustifolia Turcz., Hartogia capensis L. var. lanceolata Sond., Hartogia capensis L. var. latifolia Sond., Hartogia capensis L. var. multiflora (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Sond., Hartogia capensis L. var. riparia (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Sond., Hartogia capensis L.f. (later homonym), not of L. (1759), Hartogia schinoides C.A.Sm., not Schrebera schinoides L., Hartogiella schinoides (Spreng.) Codd, Schrebera schinoides Thunb. | Common Names | Ladle-wood (e), Lepelhout (a), Smalblad (a), Spoon-wood (e) |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Least Concern | Assessment Date | 2018/11/08 | Assessor(s) | L. von Staden | Justification | Cassine schinoides is a widespread species that is not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution | Endemism | South African endemic | Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Western Cape | Range | This species occurs in the mountains of the Western and Eastern Cape, from the Cederberg to the Cape Peninsula, and eastwards to the Tsitsikamma Mountains near Clarkson. |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial | Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Forest, Fynbos | Description | It occurs in sandstone fynbos, dry bush clumps and forest margins. |
Population | This species is fairly abundant in the western parts of the Western Cape, but rarer in the forests of the southern Cape (Archer and Van Wyk 1997).
| Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cassine schinoides (Spreng.) R.H.Archer | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography | Archer, R.H. and Van Wyk, A.E. 1997. A taxonomic revision of Cassine L. s. str. (Cassinoideae: Celastraceae). South African Journal of Botany 63(3):146-157.
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.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity 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 | | von Staden, L. 2018. Cassine schinoides (Spreng.) R.H.Archer. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/18 |
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