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Scientific Name | Raphionacme lucens Venter & R.L.Verh. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APOCYNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened* D2 |
Assessment Date | 2009/08/14 |
Assessor(s) | H.J.T. Venter, A. Nicholas, C.R. Scott-Shaw & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Known from fewer than five locations in South Africa and potentially threatened by pine plantations and urban expansion. Downgraded from VU due to its good dispersal ability and potential to recolonize from subpopulations in Mozambique. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Mtunzini to Maputo. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna |
Description | Coastal grassland. |
Threats |
| Pine plantations and urban expansion. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Raphionacme lucens Venter & R.L.Verh. | NT D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Raphionacme lucens Venter & R.L.Verh. | EN B1B2bc | Victor (2002) | | Raphionacme lucens Venter & R.L.Verh. | Lower Risk - Least Concern | Scott-Shaw (1999) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Venter, H.J.T. and Verhoeven, R.L. 1987. Raphionacme elsana (Periplocaceae), a new species from Natal, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 53(2):177-179.
Victor, J.E. 2002. South Africa. In: J.S. Golding (ed), Southern African plant Red Data Lists. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 14 (pp. 93-120), SABONET, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Venter, H.J.T., Nicholas, A., Scott-Shaw, C.R. & Victor, J.E. 2009. Raphionacme lucens Venter & R.L.Verh. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/19 |
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