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Scientific Name | Cuscuta gerrardii Baker |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | CONVOLVULACEAE |
Synonyms | Cuscuta cucullata Yunck. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2006/10/30 |
Assessor(s) | W.G. Welman & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Known from three collections made before 1915 in KwaZulu-Natal, in areas that are either transformed for agriculture or are currently communal areas that have been severely degraded by cattle grazing. The habitat of this species is not known and as a whole the species remains too poorly known to allocate a threat status. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | KwaZulu-Natal, uMzinto and Entumeni. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Savanna |
Description | Unknown. |
Threats |
| Not known but there has been a lot of land degradation as a result of plantations, cultivation and rural development in the areas where this species was collected. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cuscuta gerrardii Baker | Data Deficient | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Meeuse, A. 1957. The South African Convolvulaceae. Bothalia 6(4):1-151.
Meeuse, A.D.J. and Welman, W.G. 2000. Convolvulaceae. In: G. Germishuizen (ed). Flora of southern Africa 28 Part 1:1-138. 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.
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Citation |
| Welman, W.G. & Victor, J.E. 2006. Cuscuta gerrardii Baker. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/01/18 |
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