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Scientific Name | Huernia kennedyana Lavranos |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2019/11/04 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & A.P. Dold |
Justification | Huernia kennedyana is a rare, range-restricted species, with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 1027 km². It has no severe threats, and is therefore not suspected to be in danger of extinction. It is listed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to the Eastern Cape of South Africa, where it occurs in the mountains between Cradock and Pearston. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Eastern Upper Karoo, Tarkastad Montane Shrubland, Karoo Escarpment Grassland, Escarpment Valley Thicket, Escarpment Arid Thicket |
Description | It is localized to gravelly places and rock crevices on ridges, and also occasionally on flats. |
Threats |
Huernia kennedyana has no known threats. |
Population |
This species is among the most rare and localized of all Huernia species (Bruyns 2005). It is known from only a few records, but plants are cryptic and easily overlooked. The population trend is not known, but it is not suspected to be declining as this species has no severe threats.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | Huernia kennedyana Lavranos | LC | 2020.1 | Huernia kennedyana Lavranos | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | Huernia kennedyana Lavranos | Vulnerable | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | Huernia kennedyana Lavranos | Indeterminate | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
Bredenkamp, C. In prep. Conspectus of the flora of the Eastern cape. Strelitzia.
Bruyns, P.V. 2005. Stapeliads of southern Africa and Madagascar. (Vol. 1, pp. 1-330). Umdaus Press, Pretoria.
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.
Victor, J.E. and Dold, A.P. 2003. Threatened plants of the Albany Centre of Floristic Endemism, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 99:437-446.
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Citation |
Raimondo, D. & Dold, A.P. 2019. Huernia kennedyana Lavranos. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/11/05 |