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Scientific Name | Dicoma swazilandica S.OrtÃz, Rodr.Oubiña & Pulgar |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2016/06/28 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden & D.A. Kamundi |
Justification | The only known site in South Africa falls within a protected area. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Mpumalanga |
Range | Swaziland and Songimvelo Game Reserve. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Barberton Montane Grassland, KaNgwane Montane Grassland |
Description | Stony hillsides, at around 1685 m. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by forestry plantations in Swaziland, not threatened in South Africa. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Dicoma swazilandica S.OrtÃz, Rodr.Oubiña & Pulgar | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Changwe, K. and Balkwill, K. 2003. Floristics of the Dunbar Valley serpentinite site, Songimvelo Game Reserve, South Africa. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 143:271-285.
Ortiz, S. and Pulgar, I. 2000. A new species of Dicoma (Asteraceae-Mutisieae) from Swaziland. Nordic Journal of Botany 20(3):347-351.
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 |
| von Staden, L. & Kamundi, D.A. 2016. Dicoma swazilandica S.OrtÃz, Rodr.Oubiña & Pulgar. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/15 |
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