Assessment Report - Rhoicissus napaeus

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Taxonomy
Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	VITALES	VITACEAE

Scientific Name:	Rhoicissus napaeus
Species Authority:	C.A.Sm.
Common Name/s: -
Synonym/s:	-
Taxonomic Notes:	-

Assessment Information
Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern N/A
Year Assessed:	2023
Assessor/s:	Braun, K. & Loffler, L.
Reviewer/s:	Raimondo, D.
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Justification: This species is endemic to Eswatini. It is however quite widespread within the country, with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 3915 km² and an area of occupancy (AOO) of 176 km². It appears to be tolerant of habitat degradation, and is therefore not considered to be threatened. Based on this, it has been assessed as Least Concern.
History:	-

Geographic Range
Range Description:	This species is endemic to Eswatini where it occurs in the middleveld region, ranging from Mahamba in the south, to the Nyonyane area in the north.
Countries:	Native: Eswatini;

Population
Population:	There are a total of 50 records currently known for this plant as determined from herbarium specimens, photographic records and observations from vegetation surveys and the Swaziland Tree Atlas (Loffler, 2005). As this species appears to survive in degraded habitats, it is inferred that the population is stable.
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology
Habitat and Ecology:	This species is known from mainly savanna vegetation types, but also extends into the highveld grassland areas, namely Swaziland Sour Bushveld (SVI14), Granite Lowveld (SVI3), Ithala Quartzite Sourveld (Gs2) and KaNgwane Montane Grassland (Gm16) (Mucina et. al. 2018).
List of Habitats:	2 Savanna 2.2 Savanna - Moist 4 Grassland 4.7 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude

Threats
Major Threat(s):	There are currently no known threats for this species.
List of Threats:	-

Conservation Actions
Conservation Actions:	Most of the range of this species falls outside formal protected areas, although it has been recorded from the northern section of Mlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary.
List of Conservation Actions:	-

Bibliography
	Bachman, S., Moat, J., Hill, A.W., de la Torre, J. and Scott, B. 2011. Supporting Red List threat assessments with GeoCAT geospatial conservation tool. In: Smith V, Penev L (Eds) e-Infrastructure for data publishing in biodiversity science. . ZooKeys 150: 117-126. Loffler L., Loffler P. 2005. Swaziland Tree Atlas. Sabonet. Mucina, L., Rutherford, M.C. and Powrie, L.W. (Editors). 2018. The Vegetation Map of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Available at: http://bgis.sanbi.org/Projects/Detail/186.

Bibliography

Bachman, S., Moat, J., Hill, A.W., de la Torre, J. and Scott, B. 2011. Supporting Red List threat assessments with GeoCAT geospatial conservation tool. In: Smith V, Penev L (Eds) e-Infrastructure for data publishing in biodiversity science. . ZooKeys 150: 117-126.
Loffler L., Loffler P. 2005. Swaziland Tree Atlas. Sabonet.
Mucina, L., Rutherford, M.C. and Powrie, L.W. (Editors). 2018. The Vegetation Map of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Available at: http://bgis.sanbi.org/Projects/Detail/186.

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