Boxwood

Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Gonioma kamassi E.Mey.
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
APOCYNACEAE
Common Names
Boxwood (e), False Cape Box (e), Kamassi (e), Kamassiehout (a), Knysna Boxwood (e)
National Status
Status and Criteria
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2018/11/07
Assessor(s)
L. von Staden & C.R. Scott-Shaw
Justification
Gonioma kamassi is a widespread species that is not in danger of extinction.
Distribution
Endemism
Not endemic to South Africa
Provincial distribution
Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Western Cape
Range
A few scattered subpopulations occur in Mpumalanga, eSwatini (Swaziland) and KwaZulu-Natal, but it is widespread in Eastern Cape coastal forests as far south as Wilderness in the Western Cape.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Forest
Description
It occurs on scree slopes and rocky ridges in coastal and scarp forests and riparian thicket.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Gonioma kamassi E.Mey.Least Concern Raimondo et al. (2009)
Gonioma kamassi E.Mey.Lower Risk - Least Concern Scott-Shaw (1999)
Gonioma kamassi E.Mey.Not Threatened Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Bibliography

Boon, R. 2010. Pooley's Trees of eastern South Africa. Flora and Fauna Publications Trust, Durban.


Codd, L.E. 1963. Apocynaceae. In: R.A. Dyer, L.E. Codd and H.B. Rycroft (eds). Flora of southern Africa 26 (Myrsinaceae-Apocynaceae):244-296. Botanica Research Institute, Pretoria.


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.


Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.


Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity 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.


Schmidt, E., Lotter, M. and McCleland, W. 2002. Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park. Jacana, Johannesburg.


Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.


Victor, J.E. and Dold, A.P. 2003. Threatened plants of the Albany Centre of Floristic Endemism, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 99:437-446.


Citation
von Staden, L. & Scott-Shaw, C.R. 2018. Gonioma kamassi E.Mey. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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