Claim · model-written summary
Over-collecting threatens 32 of 38 South African cycad species, or 84%.
- Taxon
- cycade0
- Outcome
- threatened by over-collectinge0
- Value
- 84%e0
- Qualifier
- 32 of the 38e0
- Setting
- South Africane0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorDirection
Verbatim
e0“As many as 32 of the 38 (84%) South African cycad species are threatened by over-collecting.”
Title
South Africa's most threatened plants : CREW
Domitilla Ramondo Veld & Flora 2010
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- Observation Stangeriaceae are among South Africa's most threatened plant families, with 70% of cycad species threatened.
- Observation Zamiaceae are among South Africa's most threatened plant families, with 70% of cycad species threatened.
- Observation Cycads are also the most threatened plant families globally.
- Mechanism Severe harvesting pressure from horticultural trade is the main cause of cycad decline nationally and globally.
- Observation Cycad numbers continue to decline despite microchipping and strict permits.
- Observation Threat status increased for 20 cycad species in ten years.
- Observation Encephalartos brevifoliolatus was poached to extinction in the wild in Limpopo Province.
- Observation Encephalartos nubimontanus was poached to extinction in the wild in Limpopo Province.