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Scientific Name | Ceropegia fimbriata E.Mey. subsp. fimbriata |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
Synonyms | Ceropegia estelleana R.A.Dyer |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/04/02 |
Assessor(s) | R. Peckover, A.P. Dold & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Known from three locations, potentially threatened by overgrazing and expansion of rural settlements. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Great Fish River Valley. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fish Arid Thicket, Albany Bontveld, Albany Arid Thicket |
Description | Karoo-type thicket. |
Threats |
| Habitat degradation |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ceropegia fimbriata E.Mey. subsp. fimbriata | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Ceropegia fimbriata E.Mey. subsp. fimbriata | Lower Risk - Least Concern | Victor (2002) | | Ceropegia fimbriata E.Mey. subsp. fimbriata | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Bruyns, P.V. 1985. Notes on Ceropegias of the Cape Province. Bradleya 3:1-47.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Phillipson, P.B. 1995. What is the Albany hot-spot? The Naturalist 39:14-19.
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.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.
Victor, J.E. and Dold, A.P. 2003. Threatened plants of the Albany Centre of Floristic Endemism, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 99:437-446.
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Citation |
| Peckover, R., Dold, A.P. & Victor, J.E. 2007. Ceropegia fimbriata E.Mey. subsp. fimbriata. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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