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Scientific Name | Asclepias monticola N.E.Br. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Rare |
Assessment Date | 2017/04/11 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden & A. Nicholas |
Justification | Asclepias monticola is a rare and very poorly known species. It is however not suspected to be in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to the summit of Andriesberg Mountain near Queenstown in the Eastern Cape. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Tarkastad Montane Shrubland |
Description | It occurs in montane grassland above 2000 m. |
Threats |
| This species is rare and poorly known, but as grasslands within the area where it was last recorded are still largely intact, it is not suspected to have any threats. |
Population |
This species is known only from the type collection, dating from 1897. Nicholas (1999) suggests that it may be extinct. Grasslands within the area where it was last recorded is however still intact, and the lack of records may be better explained by a lack of survey efforts. Field surveys are needed to relocate this species in the wild.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Asclepias monticola N.E.Br. | Critically Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Asclepias monticola N.E.Br. | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Brown, N.E. 1909. Asclepiadeae. In: W.T. Thiselton-Dyer (ed). Flora Capensis IV Section I (Vacciniaceae to Gentianeae):518-1036. Lovell Reeve & Co., Ltd., London.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Nicholas, A. 1982. Taxonomic studies in Asclepias (Asclepiadeae) with particular reference to the narrow-leaved species in southern Africa. University of Natal.
Nicholas, A. 1999. A taxonomic reassessment of the subtribe Asclepiadinae (Asclepiaceae) in Southern Africa. Unpublished Ph.D., University of Durban-Westville, Durban.
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. 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 |
| von Staden, L. & Nicholas, A. 2017. Asclepias monticola N.E.Br. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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