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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 Venter | CR D | Raimondo 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.
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Citation |
| Manyama, P.A. & Winter, P.J.D. 2008. Raphionacme villicorona Venter. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/19 |
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