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Scientific Name | Rinorea domatiosa A.E.van Wyk |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | VIOLACEAE |
Common Names | Pondo Violet-bush (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2007/11/27 |
Assessor(s) | A.T.D. Abbott, A.E. van Wyk, C.R. Scott-Shaw, J.E. Victor & L. von Staden |
Justification | EOO 2000 km². Occurs in deep ravines and river gorges where it is relatively safe from the main threats to Pondoland forests (too frequent and intense grassland fires and wood harvesting). |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Oribi Gorge to Port St Johns. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Scarp Forest |
Description | Pondoland scarp forest, sometimes among rocks on river banks, Msikaba Formation Sandstone, 10-500 m. |
Threats |
| R. domatiosa is found deep within ravines and river gorges where it is relatively safe from the main threats to Pondoland forests (too frequent and intense grassland fires and wood harvesting) which impact on forest margins (T. Abbott and D. Styles pers. comm.). |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
| Protected in Oribi Gorge, Umtamvuna and Mkambati Nature Reserves. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Rinorea domatiosa A.E.van Wyk | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Rinorea domatiosa A.E.van Wyk | Lower Risk - Least Concern | Scott-Shaw (1999) | | Rinorea domatiosa A.E.van Wyk | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Boon, R. 2010. Pooley's Trees of eastern South Africa. Flora and Fauna Publications Trust, Durban.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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.
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Citation |
| Abbott, A.T.D., van Wyk, A.E., Scott-Shaw, C.R., Victor, J.E. & von Staden, L. 2007. Rinorea domatiosa A.E.van Wyk. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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