| Scientific Name | Bonatea cassidea Sond. | Higher Classification | Monocotyledons | Family | ORCHIDACEAE | Synonyms | Bonatea darwinii Weale, Bonatea saundersiae (Harv.) T.Durand & Schinz, Habenaria cassidea (Sond.) Rchb.f., Habenaria saundersiae Harv. |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Least Concern | Assessment Date | 2017/09/26 | Assessor(s) | L. von Staden | Justification | Bonatea cassidea is widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution | Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa | Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo | Range | This species is widespread along the eastern coastal areas of South Africa, from Kosi Bay to Port Elizabeth. It also occurs in Mozambique, Swaziland and Zimbabwe. |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial | Major habitats | Scarp Forest, KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Grassland, Southern Mistbelt Forest, KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Thornveld, Northern Coastal Forest, Grahamstown Grassland Thicket, Kasouga Dune Thicket, Umtiza Forest Thicket, Hamburg Dune Thicket, Maputaland Coastal Belt, KwaZulu-Natal Sandstone Sourveld, Pondoland-Ugu Sandstone Coastal Sourveld, Transkei Coastal Belt, Southern Coastal Forest, Albany Mesic Thicket, Makatini Clay Thicket, Zululand Lowveld, South Eastern Coastal Thornveld, Sand Forest, Amathole Montane Grassland, Amathole Mistbelt Grassland, Dry Coast Hinterland Grassland, Tembe Sandy Bushveld, Western Maputaland Sandy Bushveld, Suurberg Quartzite Fynbos | Description | It occurs in acacia savanna, thicket and forest, 0-1500 m. |
Population | Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Bonatea cassidea Sond. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Bonatea saundersiae (Harv.) T.Durand & Schinz | VU B1B2c | Victor (2002) | | Bonatea saundersiae (Harv.) T.Durand & Schinz | VU | Scott-Shaw (1999) | | Bonatea saundersiae (Harv.) T.Durand & Schinz | Indeterminate | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Bonatea saundersiae (Harv.) T.Durand & Schinz | Indeterminate | Hall et al. (1980) | |
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.
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.
Ponsie, M.E., Edwards, T.J. and Johnson, S.D. 2007. A taxonomic revision of Bonatea Willd. (Orchidaceae: Orchidoideae: Habenariinae). South African Journal of Botany 73:1-21.
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.
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Citation | | von Staden, L. 2017. Bonatea cassidea Sond. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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