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Scientific Name | Stenoglottis woodii Schltr. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ORCHIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2022/07/13 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali |
Justification | This species has a narrow distribution range in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces. It might have lost habitat in the past but its preference for rocky habitat means that the population it is not likely to be declining. With over 20 subpopulations known, it is listed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | This species has a narrow distribution in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces, South Africa, where it occurs from Port St Johns to near Durban and Pietermaritzburg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Forest, Grassland |
Description | It mostly grows in partial shade on forest margins on south-facing cliffs, and occasionally in grassland in full sun on rocky outcrops. |
Threats |
| It may have declined in some areas in KwaZulu-Natal, around Pietermaritzburg, due to urbanization and habitat transformation and degradation due to agriculture and forestry plantations in the past. However, the habitat of this species, which is rocky outcrops and cliff faces, is unlikely to be severely impacted by habitat transformation. If there has been a decline in this species, it is probably not to the extent that would place it within the threatened category. |
Population |
No population data are available, but this species is known to have about 20 subpopulations. The population is not suspected to be declining.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Conservation |
| It is conserved within the Mkambati Game Reserve and Umtamvuna Nature Reserve. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Stenoglottis woodii Schltr. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Stenoglottis woodii Schltr. | Data Deficient | Scott-Shaw (1999) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Phillips, D.P. and Bytebier, B. 2020. A taxonomic revision of Stenoglottis (Orchideae, Orchidoideae, Orchidaceae). Phytotaxa 456(3):219–243.
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. 2022. Stenoglottis woodii Schltr. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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