Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Satyrium foliosum Sw.
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
ORCHIDACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Vulnerable D1+2
Assessment Date
2006/08/22
Assessor(s)
L. von Staden, W.R. Liltved, E.G.H. Oliver & T.A. Oliver
Justification
Known from three locations, its population is estimated to be less 1000 mature individuals. Potentially threatened by alien plant invasion, flower picking and collecting of plants and a deleterious fire regime.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Table Mountain, Hottentots Holland Mountains and Kogelberg.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos, Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos
Description
Black peaty soil, 900-1300 m.
Threats
Invasive Alien Species (direct effects), Harvesting [gathering], Habitat degradation
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Satyrium foliosum Sw.VU D1+2Raimondo et al. (2009)
Satyrium foliosum Sw.Lower Risk - Least Concern Victor (2002)
Satyrium foliosum Sw.Rare Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Satyrium foliosum Sw.Vulnerable 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. 1982. A revision of the southern African species of Satyrium. Contributions from the Bolus Herbarium 10:1-142.


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.


Liltved, W.R. and Johnson, S.D. Unpublished. The Cape Orchids - Wild orchids of the Cape Floral Kingdom.


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.


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., Liltved, W.R., Oliver, E.G.H. & Oliver, T.A. 2006. Satyrium foliosum Sw. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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