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Scientific Name | Mystacidium brayboniae Summerh. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ORCHIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened D2 |
Assessment Date | 2008/07/07 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | EOO 1050 km², AOO <30 km², known from fewer than 10 subpopulations. It is very popular with orchid collectors, possibly threatened by removal of mature individuals from the wild, but no evidence yet of declines. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo |
Range | Soutpansberg Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Soutpansberg Mountain Bushveld |
Description | Epiphyte in moist, high altitude mistbelt forests and woodland. |
Threats |
| This species is very popular with orchid collectors (Hahn 2002), and is possibly threatened by removal of mature individuals from the wild, but there is no evidence yet of declines. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Mystacidium brayboniae Summerh. | NT D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Hahn, N. 2002. Endemic flora of the Soutpansberg. Unpublished MSc, Univeristy of Natal, Pietermaritzburg.
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. 2008. Mystacidium brayboniae Summerh. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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