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Scientific Name | Senecio poseideonis Hilliard & B.L.Burtt |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2012/09/25 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A widespread (EOO 10 029 km²), but rarely recorded habitat specialist, known from only a few, widely scattered records. It is quite likely overlooked, and not suspected to be in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Underberg to Bizana, and near Nkandla. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Midlands Mistbelt Grassland, Drakensberg Foothill Moist Grassland, Southern Mistbelt Forest |
Description | Damp, shady slopes in forests or shaded streamsides in sheltered kloofs, as well as forest margins. |
Threats |
| Although this species has been recorded from highly transformed areas such as Ngele (timber plantations), Underberg (timber plantations and crop cultivation) and Bizana (timber plantations, crop cultivation and human settlements), forests have been historically protected. In some areas, this species' habitat may be affected by alien invasive plants, but as it grows along pathways and forest margins it is quite likely somewhat resilient to disturbance. It is not suspected to be threatened. |
Population |
A widespread, but rarely recorded habitat specialist. An annual herb, and fairly common around Ngele Mountain (Hilliard and Burtt 1971), but elsewhere known from scattered records. It is possibly overlooked, as Senecio species are difficult to identify.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Senecio poseideonis Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | Threatened | 2012.1 | | Senecio poseideonis Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | Threatened | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Senecio poseideonis Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | Lower Risk - Least Concern | Scott-Shaw (1999) | |
Bibliography |
Hilliard, O.M. and Burtt, B.L. 1971. Notes on some plants of Southern Africa chiefly from Natal: II. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 31(1):1-33.
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 |
| von Staden, L. 2012. Senecio poseideonis Hilliard & B.L.Burtt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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