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Scientific Name | Senecio kalingenwae Hilliard & B.L.Burtt |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Rare |
Assessment Date | 2007/05/24 |
Assessor(s) | C.R. Scott-Shaw, D. Raimondo & R.C. Turner |
Justification | Only one site known, it is locally common and not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Gxalingenwa Valley between Sani Pass and Polela Valley. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | uKhahlamba Basalt Grassland |
Description | Montane and sub-alpine grassland. In grass tussocks of moist rocky stream gullies, 2000-2500 m. |
Threats |
| No threats. |
Population |
Locally common.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Senecio kalingenwae Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | Critically Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Senecio kalingenwae Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | Lower Risk - Near Threatened | Scott-Shaw (1999) | | Senecio kalingenwae Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hilliard, O.M. and Burtt, B.L. 1985. Notes on some plants of Southern Africa chiefly from Natal: XI. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 42(2):227-260.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical 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.
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 |
| Scott-Shaw, C.R., Raimondo, D. & Turner, R.C. 2007. Senecio kalingenwae Hilliard & B.L.Burtt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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