Swaziland's Threatened Flora
Information on the flora of Swaziland has been gradually improving over the years, resulting in better information on which to base lists of threatened species.
The legislation for the protection of indigenous flora was updated in 2000.
- The Flora Protection Act, 2000
- Schedule A: Especially protected flora (Endangered)
- Schedule B: Vulnerable Flora
- Schedule C: Rare Flora
This replaced The Flora Protection Act of 1952.
With regard to Swaziland red list information, the list of species included in the Southern African Plant Red Data Lists, published by SABONET in 2002 (see Flora Red Data Lists) is in need of an update.
The southern African status of many species can be found on SANBI's Red List of South African Plants, which includes nearly all of Swaziland's flora.
On an international level, the IUCN Red list of Threatened Species includes information on 137 species of plants for Swaziland (as at August 2017), most of these listed as Least Concern.
| Category | Species | Status |
| Extinct in the Wild | Encephalartos relictus | Extinct in the Wild ver 3.1 |
| Critically Endangered | Encephalartos laevifolius (Kaapsehoop Cycad) | Critically Endangered A2acde+4acde ver 3.1 |
| Encephalartos heenanii (Heenan's Cycad) | Critically Endangered B1ab(ii,iv,v)+2ab(ii,iv,v) ver 3.1 | |
| Endangered | Warburgia salutaris (Pepper Bark Tree) | Endangered A1acd ver 2.3 |
| Encephalartos lebomboensis (Lebombo Cycad) | Endangered A2acd; B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(ii,iii,iv,v) ver 3.1 | |
| Encephalartos umbeluziensis (Umbeluzi Cycad) | Endangered B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v); C1 ver 3.1 | |
| Vulnerable | Ocotea kenyensis | Vulnerable A1cd ver 2.3 |
| Prunus africana (Red Stinkwood) | Vulnerable A1cd ver 2.3 | |
| Encephalartos aplanatus | Vulnerable A2acd; B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v); C1 ver 3.1 | |
| Encephalartos paucidentatus (Barberton Cycad) | Vulnerable A2acd; B1ab(i,iii,iv,v); C1 ver 3.1 | |
| Encephalartos senticosus (Jozini Cycad) | Vulnerable A2acd; C1 ver 3.1 | |
| Encephalartos ngoyanus (Ngoye Dwarf Cycad) | Vulnerable A4acd; C1 ver 3.1 | |
| Near Threatened | Disa extinctoria | Near Threatened ver 3.1 |
| Data Deficient | Cassipourea swaziensis | Data Deficient ver 2.3 |
| Data Deficient | Psoralea arborea | Data Deficient ver 2.3 |
| Lower Risk | Faurea macnaughtonii | Lower Risk/conservation dependent ver 2.3 |
| Catha edulis | Lower Risk/least concern ver 2.3 | |
| Ceropegia decidua | Lower Risk/least concern ver 2.3 | |
| Entandrophragma caudatum | Lower Risk/least concern ver 2.3 | |
| Vitellariopsis dispar | Lower Risk/least concern ver 2.3 | |
| Protea comptonii | Lower Risk/near threatened ver 2.3 | |
| Pterocarpus angolensis (Bleedwood Tree) | Lower Risk/near threatened ver 2.3 | |
| Least Concern | 115 species |