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Scientific Name | Ceropegia rudatisii Schltr. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) |
Assessment Date | 2005/08/19 |
Assessor(s) | C.R. Scott-Shaw, R. Peckover, L. von Staden & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Known from a few collections in an area extensively transformed by agriculture, forestry and invasive alien plants. Searches in the area revealed very little pristine vegetation remains within the known range of this species and no subpopulations were found. This species is possibly extinct. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | uMzinto. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | KwaZulu-Natal Sandstone Sourveld |
Description | Ngongoni grassland, Natal Group Sandstone, on rocky outcrops and bush clump margins, 700 m. |
Threats |
| Transformation of its habitat by agriculture and forestry (Scott-Shaw 1999). Invasion of riparian areas and bushclumps by wattle and Chromolaena (Scott-Shaw pers. comm.). |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ceropegia rudatisii Schltr. | Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Ceropegia rudatisii Schltr. | Data Deficient | Victor (2002) | | Ceropegia rudatisii Schltr. | EN A1c,B1B2bcd | Scott-Shaw (1999) | | Ceropegia rudatisii Schltr. | Vulnerable | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Dyer, R.A. 1980. Brachystelma, Ceropegia and Riocreuxia. In: O.A. Leistner (ed). Flora of Southern Africa 27 Part 4:1-88. Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria.
Dyer, R.A. 1983. Ceropegia, Brachystelma and Riocreuxia in southern Africa. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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., Peckover, R., von Staden, L. & Victor, J.E. 2005. Ceropegia rudatisii Schltr. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/07/01 |
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