Table 2.
Taxa that qualify the Chimanimani foothills as an Important Plant Area under criterion A: threatened species.
| Family | Taxon | IUCN Red List assessment | IPA sub-criteria met | Notes |
| Asphodelaceae | Aloe ballii Reynolds | VU D2 | A(i) | Two varieties, var. ballii and var. makurupiniensis |
| Asteraceae | Gutenbergia westii (Wild) Wild & G.V.Pope | VU B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) | A(i) | |
| Commelinaceae | Cyanotis chimanimaniensis Faden ined. | Not Evaluated | A(iv) | Species currently under description |
| Fabaceae | Tephrosia longipes Meisn. var. swynnertonii (Baker f.) Brummitt | Not Evaluated | A(iv) | |
| Gesneriaceae | Streptocarpus acicularis I.Darbysh. & Massingue | CR B2ab(iii) | A(i) | |
| Linderniaceae | Crepidorhopalon flavus (S.Moore) I.Darbysh. & Eb.Fisch. | Not Evaluated | A(iv) | Provisionally assessed as Vulnerable – VU B1ab(iii) – by Darbyshire et al. (2019) |
| Loranthaceae | Englerina swynnertonii (Sprague) Polhill & Wiens | Not Evaluated | A(iii) | |
| Moraceae | Ficus muelleriana C.C.Berg | EN B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) | A(i) | |
| Phyllanthaceae | Phyllanthus bernierianus Baill. ex Müll. Arg. var. glaber Radcl.-Sm. | Not Evaluated | A(iv) | |
| Poaceae | Danthoniopsis chimanimaniensis (J.B.Phipps) Clayton | EN B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) | A(i) | |
| Rubiaceae | Afrocanthium ngonii (Bridson) Lantz | VU B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)* | A(i) | |
| Coffea salvatrix Swynn. & Phillipson | EN B2ab(i,ii,iii) | A(i) | ||
| Otiophora lanceolata Verdc. | VU B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) | A(i) | ||
| Sericanthe chimanimaniensis Wursten & De Block ined. | VU B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)* | A(i) | Species currently under description | |
| Rutaceae | Vepris drummondii Mendonça | VU B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) | A(i) | |
| Sapotaceae | Synsepalum chimanimani S.Rokni & I.Darbysh. | EN B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) | A(i) | |
| Zamiaceae | Encephalartos chimanimaniensis R.A.Dyer & I.Verd. | EN B1ab(i,ii,iv,v)+ 2ab(i,ii,iv,v); C1 | A(i) – see note | Requires confirmation that this species is still extant within proposed IPA |
* publication pending