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Scientific Name | Ceropegia cimiciodora Oberm. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B2ab(ii,iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2009/08/14 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor & R. Peckover |
Justification | Known from six locations (AOO 600 km²). Declining due to expansion of subsistence crop cultivation and livestock overgrazing. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo |
Range | Soutpansberg, Swaziland and northern KwaZulu-Natal. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Zululand Lowveld, Soutpansberg Mountain Bushveld |
Description | Savanna, thorn scrub on turf and sandy loam soils. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss, Habitat degradation |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ceropegia cimiciodora Oberm. | VU B2ab(ii,iii,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Ceropegia cimiciodora Oberm. | VU A1c | Victor (2002) | | Ceropegia cimiciodora Oberm. | VU B1B2c | Scott-Shaw (1999) | | Ceropegia cimiciodora Oberm. | Vulnerable | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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 |
| Victor, J.E. & Peckover, R. 2009. Ceropegia cimiciodora Oberm. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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