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Scientific Name | Ceropegia craibii J.Victor |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2005/08/19 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor |
Justification | Known from one location, potentially threatened by harvesting for horticultural purposes. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Vryheid. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Ithala Quartzite Sourveld |
Description | Short, open grassland, in shallow, gravely soil overlying shale on ridges. |
Threats |
| Harvesting [gathering] |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ceropegia craibii J.Victor | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Craib, C. 2002. Ceropegia craibii: a new discovery from the Vryheid District in KwaZulu-Natal. Aloe 39(2):46-47.
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. 2001. Plant portraits: 430. Ceropegia craibii (Apocynaceae). Curtis's Botanical Magazine 18(4):210-213.
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Citation |
| Victor, J.E. 2005. Ceropegia craibii J.Victor. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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