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Scientific Name | Tylecodon reticulatus (L.f.) Toelken |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Common Names | Oukoe (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2022/10/28 |
Assessor(s) | N.N. Mhlongo & A. Harrower |
Justification | This species is widespread and has an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 147 065 km ², and an area of occupancy (AOO) of 560 km². It occurs in over 30 locations and the population is declining due to illegal collection for the specialist horticultural trade. However, only a small proportion of the population has been affected by collecting. It therefore qualifies as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | This species occurs in southern Namibia and South Africa and has a distribution ranging from Witputz in Namibia to Little Karoo, stretching inland to Beaufort West and Klipplaat. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Western Little Karoo, Koedoesberge-Moordenaars Karoo, Namaqualand Strandveld, Riethuis-Wallekraal Quartz Vygieveld, Central Richtersveld Mountain Shrubland, Namaqualand Heuweltjieveld, Citrusdal Vygieveld, Knersvlakte Quartz Vygieveld, Central Mountain Shale Renosterveld, Olifants Sandstone Fynbos, Western Gariep Hills Desert, Richtersveld Sheet Wash Desert |
Description | It occurs on stony slopes and loamy flats. |
Threats |
| The population is declining as a result of illegal collection with 131 plants included in confiscations between March 2019 and December 2021, many more are likely to have been removed from the wild but not intercepted by law enforcement efforts. More than 8000 plants, suspected to have been wild harvested, were exported from South Africa during 2011-2018 and many of the plants which appear on online markets have distinctively wild characteristics. |
Population |
The population is still relatively healthy despite poaching, owing to this species' widespread distribution. However, certain subpopulations stand at risk of becoming locally extinct if the current levels of poaching continue.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Bibliography |
Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Mhlongo, N.N. & Harrower, A. 2022. Tylecodon reticulatus (L.f.) Toelken. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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