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Scientific Name | Senecio dregeanus DC. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2008/06/25 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | EOO 6880 km², AOO (based on remaining untransformed grasslands within the known range) <1500 km². It probably occurs at less than 10 locations, based on herbarium records and habitat maps. At least 67% of its grassland habitat has been transformed, and all remaining subpopulations are on small habitat fragments that are subject to ongoing degradation as a result of frequent fires, overgrazing, subsistence agriculture and the effects of fragmentation. Habitat loss has taken place over a period longer than three generations. Data on population size and trends are urgently needed. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | KwaZulu-Natal Midlands and southern KwaZulu-Natal coastal areas, from Greytown to Umdoni Park. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | KwaZulu-Natal Sandstone Sourveld, Midlands Mistbelt Grassland, Mooi River Highland Grassland, Moist Coast Hinterland Grassland, Dry Coast Hinterland Grassland, Drakensberg Foothill Moist Grassland, Northern Drakensberg Highland Grassland, Northern Coastal Forest, Northern Afrotemperate Forest, KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Grassland |
Description | Open grasslands, often on sandstone plateaus but also recorded from moister mistbelt grassland, 0-1200 m. |
Threats |
| Invasive Alien Species (direct effects), Harvesting [gathering], Habitat degradation, Habitat loss |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Senecio dregeanus DC. | VU B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Senecio dregeanus DC. | Lower Risk - Near Threatened | 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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2008. Senecio dregeanus DC. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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