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Scientific Name | Pristimera delagoensis (Loes.) R.H.Archer var. delagoensis |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | CELASTRACEAE |
Synonyms | Hippocratea delagoensis Loes., Prionostemma delagoensis (Loes.) N.Hallé |
Common Names | Zulu Paddle-pod (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(ii,iii) |
Assessment Date | 2016/11/21 |
Assessor(s) | H. Matimele, D. Raimondo & J.E. Burrows |
Justification | A range-restricted endemic to the Maputaland Centre of Endemism (national EOO 4012 km²) and known from nine locations. The South African as well as the Mozambican population continues to decline due to ongoing habitat loss and degradation, and therefore the national status is not adjusted following IUCN regional assessment procedures. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Maputaland, from St Lucia in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, to Bilene District, Gaza Province in southern Mozambique. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Maputaland Pallid Sandy Bushveld, Western Maputaland Clay Bushveld, Tembe Sandy Bushveld, Sand Forest, Northern Coastal Forest, Maputaland Wooded Grassland |
Description | A woody climber which occurs in thicket, open woodland and dune scrub, and is restricted to sandy substrates. |
Threats |
| There is ongoing loss of this species' habitat due to expansion of human settlements and subsistence agriculture (Izidine et al. 2008). In addition, a subpopulation at Tembe Elephant Reserve subpopulation is threatened by ongoing habitat degradation due to overstocking of elephants. At Licuati Forest Reserve in Mozambique there is ongoing habitat loss and degradation of forests due to woodcutting for charcoal production, which also results in increasing fire frequency in a vegetation type not adapted to fires. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Pristimera delagoensis (Loes.) R.H.Archer var. delagoensis | VU B1ab(ii,iii) | 2017.1 | | Prionostemma delagoensis (Loes.) N.Hallé var. delagoensis | Least Concern | 2012.1 | | Prionostemma delagoensis (Loes.) N.Hallé var. delagoensis | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Boon, R. 2010. Pooley's Trees of eastern South Africa. Flora and Fauna Publications Trust, Durban.
Coughenour, J.M., Simmons, M.P., Lombardi, J.A., Yakobson, K. and Archer, R.H. 2011. Phylogeny of Celastraceae subfamily Hippocrateoideae inferred from morphological characters and nuclear and plastid loci. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59(2):320-330.
Izidine, S.A., Siebert, S.J., van Wyk, A.E. and Zobolo, A.M. 2008. Taboo and political authority in conservation policy: A case study of the Licuáti Forest in Maputaland, Mozambique. Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature & Culture 2(3):373-390.
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 |
| Matimele, H., Raimondo, D. & Burrows, J.E. 2016. Pristimera delagoensis (Loes.) R.H.Archer var. delagoensis. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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