Red List Assessment for Eswatini's Flora

Draft Global Red List Assessments for Eswatini's Endemic and Near Endemic Flora

Assessments have been based on available information from the Eswatini Flora Database, supplemented by any record information available via GBIF and the SANBI herbaria or publications. Latitude and longitude for the majority of herbarium specimen records has been estimated based on the verbal description of the locality on the specimen label, and may well be inaccurate. Maps have been prepared using GeoCAT. Elevation has been calculated from the latitude and longitude using an online tool.

If you know of any additional localities for these species, please contact Kate Braun. Feedback, comments and corrections are welcome.

Updated: 30 January 2023

Eswatini Endemic Flora

FamilyScientific NameRed List Status (IUCN version 3.1)
AcanthaceaeBarleria lebomboensis I.Darbysh., McCleland & FronemanEN - Endangered, B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)Details  Draft report  Map
AcanthaceaeSiphonoglossa sp. nov.Awaiting publication.  
ApocynaceaePachycarpus stelliceps N.E.Br.CR - Critically Endangered, DDetails  Draft report  Map
AsparagaceaeDrimiopsis comptonii U.Mull.-Doblies & D.Müll.-DobliesVU - Vulnerable, D2Details  Draft report  Map
AsparagaceaeDrimiopsis pusilla U.Mull.-Doblies & D.Müll.-DobliesVU - Vulnerable, D2Details  Draft report  Map
AsparagaceaeDrimiopsis reilleyana U.Mull.-Doblies & D.Müll.-DobliesVU - Vulnerable, D2Details  Draft report  Map
AsparagaceaeOrnithogalum annae-ameliae U.Mull.-Doblies & D.Mull.-DobliesLC - Least ConcernDetails  Draft report  Map
AsphodelaceaeHaworthiopsis limifolia (Marloth) G.D.Rowley var. ubomboensis (I.Verd.) G.G.Sm.Awaiting species level assessment  
AsphodelaceaeKniphofia umbrina CoddAwaiting population survey data  
AsteraceaeAfroaster pseudobakerianus (Lippert) J.C.Manning & GoldblattVU - Vulnerable, B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)Details  Draft report  Map
AsteraceaeCineraria ngwenyensis CronVU - Vulnerable, D2Details  Draft report  Map
AsteraceaeEumorphia swaziensis ComptonEN - Endangered, B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)Details  Draft report  Map
AsteraceaeSenecio mlilwanensis ComptonVU - Vulnerable, B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)Details  Draft report  Map
AsteraceaeSenecio neoviscidulus SoldanoVU - Vulnerable, B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)Details  Draft report  Map
CampanulaceaeCyphia pectinata E.Wimm.VU - Vulnerable, B1ab(ii)+2ab(ii)Details  Draft report  Map
EricaceaeErica swaziensis E.G.H.Oliv.VU - Vulnerable, D2Details  Draft report  Map
FabaceaeAeschynomene stipitata Burtt DavyVU - Vulnerable, D2Details  Draft report  Map
FabaceaeIndigofera ripae N.E.Br. var. swaziensis ms.Not yet assessed, awaiting publication.  
FabaceaeLeobordea spicata (Compton) B.-E.van Wyk & Boatwr.EN - Endangered, B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)Details  Draft report  Map
IridaceaeDierama elatum N.E.Br.VU - Vulnerable, D2Details  Draft report  Map
IridaceaeHesperantha umbricola GoldblattCR - Critically Endangered, B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)Details  Draft report  Map
LamiaceaeOrthosiphon vernalis CoddEN - Endangered, B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)Details  Draft report  Map
LamiaceaeSyncolostemon comptonii CoddVU - Vulnerable, D2Details  Draft report  Map
OrchidaceaeDisa intermedia H.P.LinderVU - Vulnerable, B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii); D2Details  Draft report  Map
PoaceaeEragrostis comptonii De WinterEN - Endangered, B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)Details  Draft report  Map
ScrophulariaceaeSelago swaziensis RolfeLC - Least ConcernDetails  Draft report  Map
ThelypteridaceaeMetathelypteris burrowsiorum N.R.CrouchVU - Vulnerable, D2Details  Draft report  Map
VitaceaeRhoicissus napaeus C.A.Sm.LC - Least ConcernDetails  Draft report  Map
ZamiaceaeEncephalartos relictus P.J.H.HurterEW - Extinct in the WildIUCN assessment 2020

Eswatini Near-Endemic Flora

FamilyScientific NameRed List Status (IUCN version 3.1)
AcanthaceaeAsystasia hirsuta (T.J.Edwards) I.Darbysh. & E.TrippVU - Vulnerable, B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)Details  Draft report  Map
AsparagaceaeAsparagus radiatus SebsebeVU - Vulnerable, B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)Details  Draft report  Map
AsteraceaeCallilepis corymbosa P.P.J.Herman & Koek.VU - Vulnerable, D2Details  Draft report  Map
AsteraceaeSenecio mbuluzensis ComptonLC - Least ConcernDetails  Draft report  Map
CampanulaceaeCyphia bolusii E.PhillipsLC - Least ConcernDetails  Draft report  Map
CampanulaceaeCyphia elata Harv. var. gerrardii (Harv.) E.Wimm.Awaiting taxonomy review
CampanulaceaeCyphia elata Harv. var. oblongifolia (Sond. & Harv.) E.PhillipsAwaiting taxonomy review
CampanulaceaeCyphia stenophylla (E.Wimm.) E.Wimm.Awaiting confirmation of presence in Eswatini
CampanulaceaeLobelia corniculata ThulinEN - Endangered, B1ab(iii,iv)+2ab(iii,iv)Details  Draft report  Map
CampanulaceaeLobelia trullifolia Hemsl. subsp. delicatula (Compton) ThulinVU - Vulnerable, B1ab(i,ii,iii)+2ab(i,ii,iii)Details  Draft report  Map
CampanulaceaeMonopsis malvacea E.Wimm.VU - Vulnerable, B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)Details  Draft report  Map
CaprifoliaceaeCephalaria foliosa ComptonVU - Vulnerable, B1ab(i,ii,iii)+2ab(i,ii,iii)Details  Draft report  Map
CaprifoliaceaeCephalaria petiolata ComptonEN - Endangered, B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)Details  Draft report  Map
CrassulaceaeKalanchoe alticola ComptonVU - Vulnerable, D2Details  Draft report  Map
CrassulaceaeKalanchoe montana ComptonLC - Least ConcernDetails  Draft report  Map
FabaceaeEriosema rufescens SchinzEN - Endangered, B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)Details  Draft report  Map
FabaceaeIndigofera gobensis SchrireCR - Critically Endangered B2ab(iii)
- To be updated, additional records.
IUCN assessment 2019  Map
FabaceaeTephrosia brummittii SchrireDD - Data DeficientDetails  Draft report  Map
FabaceaeTephrosia gobensis BrummittVU - Vulnerable B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)Details  Draft report  Map
FabaceaeTephrosia monticolaAwaiting publication.
GesneriaceaeStreptocarpus davyi S.MooreLC - Least ConcernDetails  Draft report  Map
LamiaceaeOcimum motjaneanum McCallum & K. BalkwillEN - Endangered B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)Details  Draft report  Map
LamiaceaePlectranthus purpuratus Harv. subsp. montanus Van Jaarsv. & T.J.EdwardsAwaiting species level assessmentMap
OrchidaceaePolystachya ngomensis G.McDonald & McMurtryVU - Vulnerable B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)Details  Draft report  Map
OrchidaceaePolystachya zuluensis L.BolusLC - Least ConcernDetails  Draft report  Map
RhizophoraceaeCassipourea swaziensis ComptonLC - Least ConcernIUCN assessment 2021
SantalaceaeThesium infundibulare N.Visser & M.M.le RouxEN - Endangered, B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)Details  Draft report  Map
ScrophulariaceaeMelanospermum swazicum HilliardVU - Vulnerable, B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)Details  Draft report  Map
SelaginellaceaeSelaginella culverwellii N.R.CrouchVU - Vulnerable D2Details  Draft report  Map
ZamiaceaeEncephalartos lebomboensis I.Verd.EN - Endangered A2acd; B1ab(ii,iii,v)+2ab(ii,iii,v)IUCN assessment 2020