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Scientific Name | Senecio puberulus DC. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2020/01/22 |
Assessor(s) | A.P. Dold & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Senecio puberulus is widespread, with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 5343 km². There are at least 18 records in South African herbaria from Alexandria and Bathurst districts to Zuurberg and Grahamstown. It is listed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa, and is found from Suurberg to the Fish River Valley and the coast around Port Alfred. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Kasouga Dune Thicket, Grahamstown Grassland Thicket, Albany Mesic Thicket, South Eastern Coastal Thornveld, Albany Valley Thicket, Albany Alluvial Vegetation, Fish Valley Thicket, Fish Mesic Thicket, Crossroads Grassland Thicket |
Description | Its exact habitat requirements are not described in the literature or on specimens. Van Wyk et al. (1988) recorded the species in grassland. |
Threats |
| Although the species' habitat is not known, it is likely to be threatened by agriculture and coastal developments. |
Population |
Nothing is known about the abundance and population trend of Senecio puberulus, nor its resilience to disturbance. It was last recorded in 1984. Field surveys are needed to gain a better understanding of its risk of extinction.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Senecio puberulus DC. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Senecio puberulus DC. | Lower Risk - Least Concern | Victor (2002) | | Senecio puberulus DC. | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
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.
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.
Van Wyk, B., Novellie, P. and Van Wyk, C. 1988. Flora of the Zuurberg National Park. 1. Characterization of major vegetation units. Bothalia 18(2):211-220.
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.
Victor, J.E. and Dold, A.P. 2003. Threatened plants of the Albany Centre of Floristic Endemism, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 99:437-446.
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Citation |
| Dold, A.P. & Victor, J.E. 2020. Senecio puberulus DC. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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