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Scientific Name | Faurea galpinii E.Phillips |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | PROTEACEAE |
Common Names | Bosbeukenhout (a), Bosboekenhout (a), Bos-boekenhout (a), Bush Beech (e), Escarpment Beechwood (e), Forest Beech (e), Forest Beechwood (e), Forest Boekenhout (e), Mohlakô (ns), Monengenenge (ns), Rooiboekenhout (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2019/04/12 |
Assessor(s) | A.G. Rebelo, L. von Staden & H. Mtshali |
Justification | Faurea galpinii is a widespread, but naturally rare species. It has an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 192 239 km² and is not suspected to be in danger of extinction. It is therefore it is assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | It occurs along the eastern Drakensberg Escarpment in South Africa, from the Wolkberg in Limpopo to Barberton in Mpumalanga, extending into eSwatini (Swaziland). |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Long Tom Pass Montane Grassland, Steenkampsberg Montane Grassland, Northern Escarpment Quartzite Sourveld, Barberton Montane Grassland, Scarp Forest, Northern Mistbelt Forest, Northern Afrotemperate Forest |
Description | It is localized to the margins of scarp forests in high-altitude mistbelt grassland. |
Threats |
| This species may have lost some habitat to commercial timber plantations in the past. Plantations are however typically established in grasslands, while indigenous forest patches are protected and generally left undisturbed. Plantations are also no longer expanding across most of Mpumalanga (M. Lötter pers. comm.). This species is however vulnerable to alien invasive plants, especially unmanaged escaping pine seedlings, that are spreading into its habitat in some areas however this is not impacting a high portion of the population as yet. There are no records of any exploitation of this species for firewood, carpentry or medicine. Currently the population is suspected to be stable and not declining. |
Population |
This species tends to occur in small, isolated subpopulations, consisting of fewer than 200 plants. The current population trend is not known. It is suspected to be increasing in areas where timber plantations have led to fire being excluded from grasslands, which leads to forest patches expanding over time.
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Population trend | Increasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Faurea galpinii E.Phillips | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Boon, R. 2010. Pooley's Trees of eastern South Africa. Flora and Fauna 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.
Rebelo, T. 2001. Sasol Proteas: A field guide to the proteas of southern Africa. (2nd ed.). Fernwood Press, Vlaeberg, Cape Town.
Schmidt, E., Lotter, M. and McCleland, W. 2002. Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park. Jacana, Johannesburg.
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Citation |
| Rebelo, A.G., von Staden, L. & Mtshali, H. 2019. Faurea galpinii E.Phillips. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/22 |
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