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Scientific Name | Asclepias rara N.E.Br. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2004/12/10 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor & A. Nicholas |
Justification | Recorded only from the type collection, although parts of the valley where it occurs have been transformed for crop cultivation, other parts are still natural. The site description on the type specimen is too vague to determine whether or not this species is threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Albany, Coombs Valley east of Grahamstown. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Fynbos |
Description | Unknown. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Asclepias rara N.E.Br. | Data Deficient | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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 Unpublished Ph.D., University of Durban-Westville, Durban.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 |
| Victor, J.E. & Nicholas, A. 2004. Asclepias rara N.E.Br. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/04 |
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