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Scientific Name | Ceropegia namaquensis Bruyns |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2015/06/11 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | EOO estimated <10 km², this species is known from a single location where it is declining due to ongoing habitat degradation. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Richtersveld near Eksteenfontein. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Kosiesberg Succulent Shrubland, Die Plate Succulent Shrubland |
Description | Sheltered inside shrubs on gravel plains. |
Threats |
| The area where the only known collection of this species is from is severely degraded due to overgrazing. This species is dependent on shelter provided by larger shrubs, but overgrazing has significantly reduced shrub cover, with many areas now bare of perennial species, and dominated by short-lived pioneer species. |
Population |
This species is known from a single collection, but it is cryptic and easily overlooked. Surveys thus far have failed to locate this species.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ceropegia namaquensis Bruyns | CR B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v) | 2015.1 | | Ceropegia namaquensis Bruyns | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Bruyns, P.V. 2003. Three New Succulent Species of Apocynaceae (Asclepiadoideae) from Southern Africa. Kew Bulletin 58(2):427-435.
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.
Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2015. Ceropegia namaquensis Bruyns. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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