Southern African plant Red Data Lists

SABONET Report No. 14
J.S. Golding (ed.)
2002
A4, hard cover, full colour throughout, 256 pp.
ISBN 1-919795-64-2
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The Southern African Plant Red Data Lists book contains information on approximately 4,100 Red Data List assessments. The book contains a regional overview, with the assessments arranged by country. Each country section starts with an introductory text.

A concise guide to the IUCN categories and subcriteria is printed on the inside front cover of the book, making it easy for non-specialists to interpret the IUCN assessments of plants in the lists.

For ease of use, the taxa are arranged alphabetically under families, which are also arranged alphabetically within each section. Under each taxon name, in addition to the IUCN assessment, the endemism, threats, and distribution of the taxon are given, where these are available. In most cases, there are also additional notes on the taxon. IUCN 1994 categories were used for all assessments.

A detailed index lists all families, species, and synonyms that are found in the book. Appendixes include the 1994 and 2001 IUCN Red List Categories in both English and Portuguese, as well as the IUCN Guidelines for National Application of IUCN Categories.

You can also download the Southern African Plant Red Data Lists database which includes more than 7,000 records and information on 6,700 taxa, as it incorporates Hilton-Taylor's (1996) assessments of South African plants. The database not only provides all the information contained in the Southern African Plant Red Data Lists book, but also lists more data, such as extent of occurrence, population size, past decline, and future decline, in an easily searchable format.