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Scientific Name | Felicia wrightii Hilliard & B.L.Burtt |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Rare |
Assessment Date | 2005/10/13 |
Assessor(s) | P.P.J. Herman & L. von Staden |
Justification | This species is only known from one site and occurs on mountain slopes and is not threatened. It is therefore listed under the IUCN 3.1. criteria as Least Concern but is nationally recognised as Critically Rare. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | It occurs in Kamberg Nature Reserve, Estcourt district in the KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Mooi River Highland Grassland, Northern Drakensberg Highland Grassland |
Description | Plants grow on damp earth banks along incised streams in montane grassland, 1600-2000 m. |
Threats |
This species has no known threats. |
Population |
This species is known from two subpopulations, one in the Kamberg area of the uKhahlamba Drakensberg National Park, the second in the Mkhomazi area. It is a localized habitat specialist, but locally common in suitable habitat.
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Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
This species is protected in Kamberg Nature Reserve. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | Felicia wrightii Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | Critically Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | Felicia wrightii Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | VU D2 | Victor (2002) | Felicia wrightii Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | Lower Risk - Least Concern | Scott-Shaw (1999) | Felicia wrightii Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hilliard, O.M. and Burtt, B.L. 1971. Notes on some plants of Southern Africa chiefly from Natal: II. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 31(1):1-33.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Pooley, E. 2003. Mountain flowers: a field guide to the flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.
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 |
Herman, P.P.J. & von Staden, L. 2005. Felicia wrightii Hilliard & B.L.Burtt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/02/11 |