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Scientific Name | Riocreuxia flanaganii Schltr. var. flanaganii |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
Synonyms | Riocreuxia flanaganii Schltr. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2007/03/06 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor & A.P. Dold |
Justification | This species is recorded from four collection localities and is not known to be threatened. It is therefore listed under the IUCN 3.1 Criteria, globally, as Least Concern but is nationally categorised as Rare. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | This species occurs from Port Alfred to Komga. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Eastern Coastal Thornveld, Bhisho Thornveld, Hamburg Dune Thicket |
Description | Plants grow in dolerite outcrops in coastal grassland and savanna. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Riocreuxia flanaganii Schltr. | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Riocreuxia flanaganii Schltr. | Indeterminate | 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. 1981. The Riocreuxia flanaganii complex: a reassessment. Bothalia 13(3&4):435-436.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Masinde, P.S. 2005. A revision of the African genus Riocreuxia Decne. (Apocynaceae:Asclepiadiodeae-Ceropegieae). Kew Bulletin 60(3):401-434.
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.
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. Riocreuxia flanaganii Schltr. var. flanaganii. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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