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Scientific Name | Ceropegia cycniflora R.A.Dyer |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2008/03/28 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & C.R. Scott-Shaw |
Justification | Its only known location falls within communally owned land. Potentially threatened by livestock overgrazing and trampling. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Mooi River Valley near Muden. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Thukela Valley Bushveld |
Description | Valley thicket, near watercourses among woody vegetation on steep slopes of hot, dry valleys. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by overgrazing by livestock, land degradation and too frequent fire. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ceropegia cycniflora R.A.Dyer | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Ceropegia cycniflora R.A.Dyer | VU D2 | Victor (2002) | | Ceropegia cycniflora R.A.Dyer | VU D2 | Scott-Shaw (1999) | | Ceropegia cycniflora R.A.Dyer | Endangered | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Dyer, R.A. 1978. New species of Ceropegia. Bothalia 12(3):444-445.
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 |
| Raimondo, D. & Scott-Shaw, C.R. 2008. Ceropegia cycniflora R.A.Dyer. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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