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Scientific Name | Senecio ngoyanus Hilliard |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2007/09/11 |
Assessor(s) | C.R. Scott-Shaw & L. von Staden |
Justification | Restricted to coastal grasslands of northern KwaZulu-Natal that are extensively transformed. EOO has declined from 17 600 km² to 13 600 km², due to habitat loss in the southern end of the range. Extant at 6-9 locations, and there is a continuing decline in the habitat outside of reserves due to small-scale subsistence agriculture and overgrazing. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Formerly widespread along the coast of KwaZulu-Natal from Stanger northwards, now only occurring around St. Lucia and Ngoye Forest. It also occurs in southern Mozambique. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Maputaland Wooded Grassland, Maputaland Coastal Belt |
Description | Coastal grassland, marshy depressions, sometimes on granite domes. |
Threats |
| Maputaland coastal grasslands are 46% transformed, mainly by commercial sugarcane and forestry plantations, and this has probably caused extensive declines in this species in the past, but the exact loss in terms of proportion of the population or habitat lost is not known. There is a current ongoing decline in the habitat, mainly due to subsistence farming, planting of cash crops and severe overgrazing. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Senecio ngoyanus Hilliard | VU B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Senecio ngoyanus Hilliard | Data Deficient | 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 |
| Scott-Shaw, C.R. & von Staden, L. 2007. Senecio ngoyanus Hilliard. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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