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Scientific Name | Senecio austromontanus Hilliard |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2009/08/14 |
Assessor(s) | C.R. Scott-Shaw & J.E. Victor |
Justification | A high altitude grassland endemic occurring in a localized habitat, not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Drakensberg Mountains, from Underberg to Elliot districts, also in Lesotho. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Lesotho Highland Basalt Grassland, uKhahlamba Basalt Grassland, Southern Drakensberg Highland Grassland |
Description | Subalpine grassland. Seepages over rock sheets in damp grassland, 2300-2500 m. |
Threats |
| No known threats. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Senecio austromontanus Hilliard | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Senecio austromontanus Hilliard | Lower Risk - Least Concern | Victor (2002) | | Senecio austromontanus Hilliard | Lower Risk - Least Concern | Scott-Shaw (1999) | | Senecio austromontanus Hilliard | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hilliard, O.M. and Burtt, B.L. 1982. Notes on some plants of Southern Africa chiefly from Natal: IX. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 40(2):247-298.
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.
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 |
| Scott-Shaw, C.R. & Victor, J.E. 2009. Senecio austromontanus Hilliard. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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