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Scientific Name | Huernia longii Pillans subsp. longii |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2007/03/01 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor & A.P. Dold |
Justification | A range-restricted species (EOO ± 77 km²) recorded only from one valley, occurs in a habitat that can not be ploughed and is safe from the impacts of livestock grazing. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Semi-arid lower reaches of the KwaZunga River Valley north of Uitenhage. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Kouga Sandstone Fynbos, Sundays Valley Thicket |
Description | Steep, crumbly conglomerate slopes between the higher sandstone mountains. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Huernia longii Pillans subsp. longii | Rare | 2011.1 | | Huernia longii Pillans | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Huernia longii Pillans | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Huernia longii Pillans | Indeterminate | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
Bruyns, P.V. 2005. Stapeliads of southern Africa and Madagascar. (Vol. 1, pp. 1-330). Umdaus Press, Pretoria.
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
Leach, L.C. 1988. A revision of Huernia. In: M.J. Kimberley (ed), Excelsa Taxonomic Series 4 (pp. 1-197), The Aloe, Cactus and Succulent Society of Zimbabwe, Harare.
Victor, J.E. and Dold, A.P. 2003. Threatened plants of the Albany Centre of Floristic Endemism, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 99:437-446.
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Citation |
| Victor, J.E. & Dold, A.P. 2007. Huernia longii Pillans subsp. longii. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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