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Scientific Name | Senecio eminens Compton |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2006/07/27 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor & R.C. Turner |
Justification | Last collected in 1949. It could be threatened as much of its grassland habitat has been transformed. Not enough is known about its distribution, specific habitat or current population status to determine its status. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Mpumalanga |
Range | Piet Retief to Mbabane (Swaziland). |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland |
Description | Grasslands. |
Threats |
| Unknown. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Notes |
| Last collected in 1949. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Senecio eminens Compton | Data Deficient | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Senecio eminens Compton | VU D2 | Victor (2002) | |
Bibliography |
Compton, R.H. 1967. Plantae Novae Africanae: Series XXXII. Journal of South African Botany 33(4):293-304.
Compton, R.H. 1976. The flora of Swaziland. Journal of South African Botany Supplement 11:259-264.
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.
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 |
| Victor, J.E. & Turner, R.C. 2006. Senecio eminens Compton. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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