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Scientific Name | Senecio hirtifolius DC. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) |
Assessment Date | 2020/11/24 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & R.C. Turner |
Justification | Senecio hirtifolius is known from one collection made by Ecklon and Zeyher in 1895 at Uitenhage on the Swartkops River. It has not been recorded since and is probably extinct because the type area is now almost completely transformed by urban developments and crop cultivation. It is therefore listed as Critically Endangered Possibly Extinct. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa, and is found in Uitenhage. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Sundays Valley Thicket, Algoa Sandstone Fynbos, Kouga Grassy Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Its habitat is unknown, but it possibly occurs in river banks. |
Threats |
| Urban and agricultural development have transformed ± 98% of this species' habitat. It is highly likely that Senecio hirtifolius is now extinct. |
Population |
There is no information available on the population of this species.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Senecio hirtifolius DC. | Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
Harvey, W.H. 1894. Compositae. In: W.H. Harvey and O.W. Sonder (eds). Flora Capensis III (Rubiaceae to Campanulaceae):44-530. L. Reeve & Co., Ltd., Ashford.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D. & Turner, R.C. 2020. Senecio hirtifolius DC. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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