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Scientific Name | Adenia natalensis W.J.de Wilde |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | PASSIFLORACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) |
Assessment Date | 2007/05/15 |
Assessor(s) | D. Styles, C.R. Scott-Shaw, D. Raimondo & L. von Staden |
Justification | Known from two collections made in 1865, this presumably very rare species may still be relocated in the area where it is thought to have been collected as intact habitat still remains. Search efforts are ongoing, but have not been successful to date. It is therefore listed as Critically Endangered Possibly Extinct. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | This species is known from KwaZulu-Natal, possibly Tugela River Valley. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Eastern Valley Bushveld |
Description | Plants occur presumably in low coastal forest. |
Threats |
| Threats to this species are currently unknown. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Notes |
| This species is vegetatively very similar to the common and widespread A. digitata, and may have been overlooked or misidentified as A. digitata when not in flower (D. Styles pers. comm.) It is very hard to determine what the flowering time of this species could be as Gerrard did not date his specimens. The type specimen was probably collected around July 1865. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Adenia natalensis W.J.de Wilde | Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Adenia natalensis W.J.de Wilde | Extinct | Scott-Shaw (1999) | | Adenia natalensis W.J.de Wilde | Extinct | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
De Wilde, W.J.J.O. 1976. Passifloraceae. In: J.H. Ross (ed). Flora of southern Africa 22:104-128. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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.
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 |
| Styles, D., Scott-Shaw, C.R., Raimondo, D. & von Staden, L. 2007. Adenia natalensis W.J.de Wilde. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/04 |
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