Colubrina nicholsonii

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	RHAMNALES	RHAMNACEAE

Scientific Name:	Colubrina nicholsonii
Species Authority:	A.E.van Wyk & Schrire

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Endangered C2a, D ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Hilton-Taylor, C. <i>et al.</i>

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

1997

–

Rare (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	A palaeoendemic along the Transkei coast.
Countries:	Native: South Africa (Eastern Cape Province)
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Population [top]

Population:	Initially, only three very small subpopulations were known, each containing between 10 and 15 plants. Additional subpopulations have since been found, the largest of which is near Port St John's where the species is described as locally common.

Population:

Initially, only three very small subpopulations were known, each containing between 10 and 15 plants. Additional subpopulations have since been found, the largest of which is near Port St John's where the species is described as locally common.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Confined to riverine forest patches in close proximity to, or overhanging the water. It grows in shallow acidic soils derived from sandstones.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	No seedlings have ever been recorded and, although plants flower prolifically, fruits are rarely seen.

Major Threat(s):

No seedlings have ever been recorded and, although plants flower prolifically, fruits are rarely seen.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	A subpopulation is found in Mkambati Game Reserve and in demarcated forest reserves, although protection measures in the latter have largely collapsed since 1994.

Conservation Actions:

A subpopulation is found in Mkambati Game Reserve and in demarcated forest reserves, although protection measures in the latter have largely collapsed since 1994.

Citation:	Hilton-Taylor, C. et al. 1998. Colubrina nicholsonii. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2013.
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