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Scientific Name | Aspidoglossum xanthosphaerum Hilliard |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2006/11/09 |
Assessor(s) | A. Nicholas & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Recorded from four locations from a restricted range (EOO<500 km²). Potentially threatened by wetland drainage for crop cultivation and by livestock trampling and grazing. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Mpumalanga |
Range | Groenvlei and Ermelo. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Soweto Highveld Grassland, Wakkerstroom Montane Grassland, Eastern Highveld Grassland |
Description | Montane grassland, marshy sites, 1800 m. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss, Habitat degradation |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Aspidoglossum xanthosphaerum Hilliard | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Aspidoglossum xanthosphaerum Hilliard | VU B1B2c,D2 | Scott-Shaw (1999) | | Aspidoglossum xanthosphaerum Hilliard | Vulnerable | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hilliard, O.M. and Burtt, B.L. 1988. Notes on some plants of Southern Africa chiefly from Natal: XIV. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 45(1):77-94.
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.
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Citation |
| Nicholas, A. & Victor, J.E. 2006. Aspidoglossum xanthosphaerum Hilliard. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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