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Scientific Name | Vernonella africana Sond. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Centrapalus africanus (Sond.) H.Rob., Vernonia africana (Sond.) Druce, Vernonia vernonella Harv. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Extinct |
Assessment Date | 2006/10/30 |
Assessor(s) | C.R. Scott-Shaw, L. von Staden, P.P.J. Herman & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Last collected in 1895. Its coastal habitat is almost entirely transformed by agriculture and urban development. Exhaustive searches of the few remaining degraded grassland fragments in the area failed to relocate any individuals. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Durban to Tongaat. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Indian Ocean Coastal Belt |
Description | Coastal grassland, 50-100 m. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Vernonia africana (Sond.) Druce | Extinct | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Vernonia africana (Sond.) Druce | Extinct | Victor (2002) | | Vernonia africana (Sond.) Druce | Extinct | Scott-Shaw (1999) | | Vernonia africana (Sond.) Druce | Extinct | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Vernonia africana (Sond.) Druce | Extinct | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.
Victor, J.E. 2002. South Africa. In: J.S. Golding (ed), Southern African plant Red Data Lists. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 14 (pp. 93-120), SABONET, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Scott-Shaw, C.R., von Staden, L., Herman, P.P.J. & Victor, J.E. 2006. Vernonella africana Sond. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/10/06 |
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