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Scientific Name | Emplectanthus cordatus N.E.Br. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2015/04/16 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali & L. von Staden |
Justification | EOO 2263 km², AOO <10 km², plants at three of four known locations are potentially threatened by habitat degradation. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Eshowe to Mtubatuba. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Northern Coastal Forest, Scarp Forest |
Description | Scarp forest. |
Threats |
| Three of the four known subpopulations occur in protected forests, but only one subpopulation occurs within an extensive protected area (Umfolozi Game Reserve). The other three are susceptible to edge effects, particularly degradation due to alien invasive plants. |
Population |
This species is known from four isolated patches of scarp forest. Field observations report this species as occurring in very low densities, often only one or two plants are seen. It is a cryptic climber, and very easily overlooked. It has not yet been recorded at Ngoye Forest, but is likely to occur there.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Emplectanthus cordatus N.E.Br. | VU D2 | 2015.1 | | Emplectanthus cordatus N.E.Br. | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Emplectanthus cordatus N.E.Br. | Data Deficient | Scott-Shaw (1999) | | Emplectanthus cordatus N.E.Br. | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Brown, N.E. 1909. Asclepiadeae. In: W.T. Thiselton-Dyer (ed). Flora Capensis IV Section I (Vacciniaceae to Gentianeae):518-1036. Lovell Reeve & Co., Ltd., London.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Meve, U. 1998. Emplectanthus N.E.Br.: a close relative of Riocreuxia Decne. in the Asclepiadaceae-Stapelieae. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik 120(1):123-130.
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.
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Citation |
| Mtshali, H. & von Staden, L. 2015. Emplectanthus cordatus N.E.Br. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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