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Scientific Name | Ceropegia bowkeri Harv. subsp. bowkeri |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Extinct |
Assessment Date | 2006/02/28 |
Assessor(s) | A.P. Dold & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Last seen over 100 years ago. Its former habitat is degraded. Searches by Ceropegia experts over many years have failed to locate any surviving populations. Heavy grazing over the past 100 years is likely to have caused its extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Mbashe River, near Collywobbles. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Savanna |
Description | Valley Bushveld. |
Threats |
| Heavy grazing and habitat degradation may have possibly led to its extinction. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ceropegia bowkeri Harv. subsp. bowkeri | Extinct | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Ceropegia bowkeri Harv. subsp. bowkeri | Data Deficient | Victor (2002) | | Ceropegia bowkeri Harv. subsp. bowkeri | Indeterminate | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
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. 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 |
| Dold, A.P. & Victor, J.E. 2006. Ceropegia bowkeri Harv. subsp. bowkeri. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/07/01 |
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