Red Listed medicinal plants of South Africa: Status, trends, and assessment challenges

►≈2062 plant species (10% of SA's flora) are used for traditional medicine. ► 32% of the species were recorded in traditional medicine markets. ► 4% of medicinal species threatened (incl. 14 Critically Endangered species) according the 2009 IUCN Red List evaluation of SA flora ► 88% of species Least Concern ► 2.6% at risk of extinction if current harvesting trends continue.