Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Raphionacme villicorona Venter
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
APOCYNACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Critically Endangered D
Assessment Date
2008/04/07
Assessor(s)
P.A. Manyama & P.J.D. Winter
Justification
A range-restricted species recorded from three small subpopulations (EOO 54 km²). The smallest subpopulation is possibly extinct but the two remaining subpopulations are not threatened. The known population size is fewer than 50 mature individuals.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Limpopo
Range
Sekhukhuneland, northern end of Leolo Mountain.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Sekhukhune Mountain Bushveld
Description
Dry savanna in well-drained, stony or rocky, dark brown loam soil, 800-1300 m.
Threats
Habitat loss
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Raphionacme villicorona VenterCR DRaimondo et al. (2009)
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.


Venter, H.J.T., Winter, P.J.D., Verhoeven, R.L. and Archer, R.H. 2007. Raphionacme villicorona (Apocynaceae: Periplocoideae), a new species from the Sekhukhuneland Centre of Plant Endemism, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 73(1):97-101.


Citation
Manyama, P.A. & Winter, P.J.D. 2008. Raphionacme villicorona Venter. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09

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