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Scientific Name | Senecio albopunctatus Bolus |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Senecio longipedunculatus Dinter, Senecio maydae Merxm. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2011/03/10 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Fairly widespread and common in a remote, arid area of northern South Africa and southern Namibia where it is unlikely to be severely threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Southern Namibia, Huib-Hoch Plateau, to Steinkopf, Northern Cape. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Succulent Karoo |
Description | Rocky hillsides. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by grazing in some areas. |
Population |
Senecio albopunctatus was an apparently rare and poorly known taxon, however, a recent study of Senecio species from the Northern Cape by Manning and Goldblatt (2010) revealed that the more common and widespread Senecio maydae is a discoid form of S. albopunctatus, and is now included under this species.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Senecio albo-punctatus Bolus | Data Deficient | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Senecio maydae Merxm. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Senecio albo-punctatus Bolus | Lower Risk - Least Concern | Victor (2002) | | Senecio albo-punctatus Bolus | VU D2 | Victor (2002) | | Senecio albo-punctatus Bolus | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Senecio albopunctatus Bolus | Uncertain | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2010. New synonyms and a new name in Asteraceae: Senecioneae from the southern African winter rainfall region. Bothalia 40(1):37-46.
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 |
| von Staden, L. 2011. Senecio albopunctatus Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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