Assessor: Sarah Schumann
According to the SANBI Red List Assessment, this species is Vulnerable as it is a non-endemic known from five to seven known locations that are experiencing population decline due to habitat loss from mining (von Staden & Van Wyk, 2015). This genus is currently in demand and of popular interest in international horticultural trade, as indicated by several online marketplace, e-commerce and auction sites. Plants of this genus are known to be utilized and this species among others of the genus were those targeted and confiscated during recent criminal prosecutions of illegal plant collecting (Confiscation Lists (2020-2021) provided by Cape Nature, SANBI Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, SANBI Karoo Desert Botanic Garden, SANParks Sendelingsdrift Botanic Garden and Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment). This suggests that this genus may be targeted and that rare species may be at risk to over-exploitation and removal from the wild.
von Staden, L. & Van Wyk, P.C.V. 2015. Tylecodon schaeferianus (Dinter) Toelken. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2020.1.
This taxon has an extent of occurrence of 1710 km² within South Africa and is known from between five to seven locations (von Staden & Van Wyk, 2015).
von Staden, L. & Van Wyk, P.C.V. 2015. Tylecodon schaeferianus (Dinter) Toelken. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2020.1.
Few known locations of occurrence and existing threat (von Staden & Van Wyk, 2015) including exploitation, places the persistence of this species at risk whereby recruitment and recovery may be poor.
von Staden, L. & Van Wyk, P.C.V. 2015. Tylecodon schaeferianus (Dinter) Toelken. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2020.1.