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Scientific Name | Ceropegia radicans Schltr. subsp. radicans |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/04/02 |
Assessor(s) | R. Peckover & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Known from fewer than five locations, all occurring in communally owned lands. This subspecies is potentially threatened by overgrazing and trampling by livestock. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Komga district. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Eastern Valley Bushveld |
Description | Thicket. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss, Habitat degradation, Invasive Alien Species (direct effects) |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ceropegia radicans Schltr. subsp. radicans | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Ceropegia radicans Schltr. subsp. radicans | Lower Risk - Near Threatened | Victor (2002) | | Ceropegia radicans Schltr. subsp. radicans | 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.
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. & Victor, J.E. 2007. Ceropegia radicans Schltr. subsp. radicans. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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