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Scientific Name | Ceropegia macmasteri A.P.Dold |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2008/06/10 |
Assessor(s) | C. McMaster, A.P. Dold, D. Raimondo & P.A. Manyama |
Justification | Known only from the type locality near Cathcart (EOO <10 km²), although the farm on which this species occurs is currently well managed, should the land change ownership this species may become threatened by livestock overgrazing and trampling. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Cathcart. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Tsomo Grassland |
Description | Sourveld grassland in exposed sandstone rock sheets, 1200 m. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by overgrazing. |
Population |
A survey of the habitat at the type locality indicated that the species is rare, with solitary plants scattered over a wide area.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ceropegia macmasteri A.P.Dold | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Dold, A.P. 2006. Ceropegia macmasteri (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae-Ceropegieae), a new species from Eastern Cape, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 72:144-146.
McMaster, C. and Dold, T. 2006. A newly described species, Ceropegia macmasteri, from Eastern Cape, South Africa. Aloe 43(2&3):59-60.
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.
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Citation |
| McMaster, C., Dold, A.P., Raimondo, D. & Manyama, P.A. 2008. Ceropegia macmasteri A.P.Dold. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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