Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Satyrium microrrhynchum Schltr.
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
ORCHIDACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Rare
Assessment Date
2009/08/13
Assessor(s)
J.E. Victor, D. McMurtry, L. Grobler & S. Burns
Justification
A high altitude habitat specialist, known from fewer than 10 subpopulations and has no significant threats.
Distribution
Endemism
Not endemic to South Africa
Provincial distribution
Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga
Range
Drakensberg Mountain Range from Mpumalanga through Lesotho and KwaZulu-Natal to the Eastern Cape.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Mooi River Highland Grassland, Drakensberg Foothill Moist Grassland, Long Tom Pass Montane Grassland, Steenkampsberg Montane Grassland, Wakkerstroom Montane Grassland, Lesotho Highland Basalt Grassland, uKhahlamba Basalt Grassland, Southern Drakensberg Highland Grassland
Description
Montane and subalpine grassland 1 600-3 000 m, on grassy and sometimes stony or moist slopes.
Population

Occurs as isolated plants (Hall 1982).


Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Satyrium microrrhynchum Schltr.Rare Raimondo et al. (2009)
Satyrium microrrhynchum Schltr.Lower Risk - Least Concern Victor (2002)
Satyrium microrrhynchum Schltr.Lower Risk - Least Concern Scott-Shaw (1999)
Satyrium microrrhynchum Schltr.Insufficiently Known Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Satyrium microrrhynchum Schltr.Uncertain Hall et al. (1980)
Bibliography

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.


Linder, H.P. and Kurzweil, H. 1999. Orchids of southern Africa. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam.


Pooley, E. 2003. Mountain flowers: a field guide to the flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.


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., McMurtry, D., Grobler, L. & Burns, S. 2009. Satyrium microrrhynchum Schltr. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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