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Scientific Name | Satyrium striatum Thunb. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ORCHIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Diplecthrum striatum (Thunb.) Pers. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2006/09/05 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | EOO 9863 km², known from seven to nine locations. Declining due to alien plant invasion, crop cultivation and harvesting for horticultural purposes. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cape Peninsula to Cederberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos, Winterhoek Sandstone Fynbos, Cederberg Sandstone Fynbos, Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos, Peninsula Granite Fynbos, Boland Granite Fynbos, Kouebokkeveld Alluvium Fynbos |
Description | Moist flats and slopes in coarse, often stony, sandstone-derived soils, 100-800 m. |
Threats |
| Invasive Acacias have caused past declines on Steenberg and are ongoing threats around Mamre/Riverlands.
Agriculture has probably caused declines in Agter-Witsenberg and Koue Bokkeveld areas.
Over collecting has probably caused the loss of one subpopulation. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Notes |
| Flowers after fires, between September and October. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Satyrium striatum Thunb. | VU B1ab(iii,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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.
Liltved, W.R. and Johnson, S.D. Unpublished.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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2006. Satyrium striatum Thunb. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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