Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Huttonaea woodii Schltr.
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
ORCHIDACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Vulnerable D2
Assessment Date
2006/10/16
Assessor(s)
L. von Staden & J.E. Victor
Justification
Between one and five locations are potentially threatened by crop cultivation and afforestation, especially in the Midlands.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
KwaZulu-Natal
Range
KwaZulu-Natal Midlands and Giant's Castle Game Reserve.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Midlands Mistbelt Grassland, uKhahlamba Basalt Grassland
Description
Damp to marshy grasslands, 1200-2100 m.
Threats
Potentially threatened by habitat transformation due to agriculture and forestry plantations in Midlands and Griqualand East (one locality indicated on map in Linder & Kurzweil 1999).
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Huttonaea woodii Schltr.VU D2Raimondo et al. (2009)
Huttonaea woodii Schltr.Lower Risk - Near Threatened Victor (2002)
Huttonaea woodii Schltr.Data Deficient Scott-Shaw (1999)
Huttonaea woodii Schltr.Insufficiently Known Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Huttonaea woodii Schltr.Uncertain Hall et al. (1980)
Bibliography

Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.


Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.


Linder, H.P. and Kurzweil, H. 1999. Orchids of southern Africa. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam.


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
von Staden, L. & Victor, J.E. 2006. Huttonaea woodii Schltr. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13

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