Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Senecio erubescens Aiton
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
ASTERACEAE
Synonyms
Senecio ianthinus Mattf., Senecio lanifer in sense of Manning & Goldblatt (2012), not of Mart. ex C.Jeffrey (misapplied name), Senecio vernonioides Sch.Bip.
National Status
Status and Criteria
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2016/01/27
Assessor(s)
L. von Staden
Justification
Widespread, common and not in danger of extinction.
Distribution
Endemism
Not endemic to South Africa
Provincial distribution
Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Western Cape
Range
Widespread across eastern South Africa from Limpopo to the Cape Peninsula and Cederberg. Also widespread across southern Tropical Africa as far north as Congo.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Fynbos, Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna
Description
Sandstone slopes in fynbos and grasslands.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Notes
Senecio is in need of taxonomic revision and many taxa are still poorly understood. The varieties of this widespread and variable species are difficult to distinguish, and not recognised in some recent treatments (Jeffrey 1986, Beentje et al. 2005), and therefore it is assessed at species level only. This species is treated under the name Senecio lanifer in Goldblatt and Manning (2000) and Manning and Goldblatt (2012), but the correct name is Senecio erubescens (J.C. Manning pers. comm. 2016).
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Senecio erubescens Aiton var. incisus DC.Threatened Raimondo et al. (2009)
Senecio erubescens Aiton var. erubescens Least Concern Raimondo et al. (2009)
Senecio erubescens Aiton var. crepidifolius DC.Least Concern Raimondo et al. (2009)
Senecio erubescens Aiton var. dichotomus DC.Least Concern Raimondo et al. (2009)
Senecio erubescens Aiton var. incisus DC.Data Deficient Scott-Shaw (1999)
Bibliography

Beentje, H., Jeffrey, C. and Hind, D.J.N. 2005. Compositae (Part 3). In: H. Beentje and S.A. Ghazanfar (eds). Flora of Tropical East Africa:1-869. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.


Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.


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.


Hilliard, O.M. 1977. Compositae in Natal. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg.


Jeffrey, C. 1986. The Senecioneae in East Tropical Africa: Notes on Compositae: IV. Kew Bulletin 41(4):873-943.


Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity 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.


Retief, E. and Herman, P.P.J. 1997. Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: keys and diagnostic characters. Strelitzia 6. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.


Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.


Citation
von Staden, L. 2016. Senecio erubescens Aiton. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/18

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