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Scientific Name | Emplectanthus gerrardii N.E.Br. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2015/05/06 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali, A. Nicholas & J.E. Victor |
Justification | This species has a restricted distribution in central KwaZulu-Natal (EOO 1182 km²) and is very rare. Known from four sites, potentially threatened by habitat loss to plantations and alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Richmond to Zululand. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Southern Mistbelt Forest |
Description | Mistbelt forest. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by afforestation and alien plant invasion. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Emplectanthus gerrardii N.E.Br. | VU D2 | 2015.1 | | Emplectanthus gerrardii N.E.Br. | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Emplectanthus gerrardii N.E.Br. | Data Deficient | Scott-Shaw (1999) | | Emplectanthus gerrardii N.E.Br. | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Brown, N.E. 1909. Asclepiadeae. In: W.T. Thiselton-Dyer (ed). Flora Capensis IV Section I (Vacciniaceae to Gentianeae):518-1036. Lovell Reeve & Co., Ltd., London.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Meve, U. 1998. Emplectanthus N.E.Br.: a close relative of Riocreuxia Decne. in the Asclepiadaceae-Stapelieae. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik 120(1):123-130.
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.
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Citation |
| Mtshali, H., Nicholas, A. & Victor, J.E. 2015. Emplectanthus gerrardii N.E.Br. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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