Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Schizoglossum singulare Kupicha
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
APOCYNACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Vulnerable D2
Assessment Date
2008/03/28
Assessor(s)
A. Nicholas & D. Raimondo
Justification
Known from Ngele Mountain in southern KwaZulu-Natal and likely to occur both within and outside of the reserve area. Outside the reserve the habitat is extensively transformed by forestry plantations and there is a potential threat from habitat degradation due to livestock overgrazing.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
KwaZulu-Natal
Range
Ngele Mountain.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Drakensberg Foothill Moist Grassland
Description
Montane grassland on dolerite, 2100 m.
Threats
Potentially threatened by habitat loss to expanding forestry plantations and overgrazing by livestock.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Schizoglossum singulare KupichaVU D2Raimondo et al. (2009)
Schizoglossum singulare KupichaData Deficient Scott-Shaw (1999)
Schizoglossum singulare KupichaVulnerable Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Bibliography

Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.


Kupicha, F.K. 1984. Studies on African Asclepiadaceae. Kew Bulletin 38(4):599-672.


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.


Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.


Citation
Nicholas, A. & Raimondo, D. 2008. Schizoglossum singulare Kupicha. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/18

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