Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Polystachya zuluensis L.Bolus
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
ORCHIDACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Data Deficient - Insufficient Information
Assessment Date
2009/08/13
Assessor(s)
J.E. Victor
Justification
The type collection was made in 1967 in the Lebombo mountains, on the border between Swaziland and KwaZulu-Natal but the exact site was not given. Not enough is known about the distribution or population status of this species within South Africa to determine its status nationally.
Distribution
Endemism
Not endemic to South Africa
Provincial distribution
KwaZulu-Natal
Range
Lebombo Mountains.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Savanna
Description
Thicket and woodland, lithophyte or epiphyte on Xerophyta retinervis, 1200 m.
Threats
Unknown.
Population
Population trend
Unknown
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Polystachya zuluensis L.BolusData Deficient Raimondo et al. (2009)
Polystachya zuluensis L.BolusData Deficient Victor (2002)
Polystachya zuluensis L.BolusData Deficient Scott-Shaw (1999)
Polystachya zuluensis L.BolusIndeterminate Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Bibliography

Dlamini, T.S. and Dlamini, G.M. 2002. Swaziland. In: J.S. Golding (ed), Southern African plant red data lists (pp. 121-134), Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 14.


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
Victor, J.E. 2009. Polystachya zuluensis L.Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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