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Scientific Name | Senecio villifructus Hilliard |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2007/09/13 |
Assessor(s) | C.R. Scott-Shaw, I.M. Johnson & L. von Staden |
Justification | Known from a small area around the type locality (EOO 120 km²) where the population is partly protected within a nature reserve. The two subpopulations outside the reserve are threatened by a severe, continuing decline in habitat quality as a result of heavy overgrazing. Surveys in similar habitat on surrounding mountaintops have not located additional subpopulations, but if other locations exist, they are likely to be similarly threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Louwsburg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Northern Zululand Mistbelt Grassland, Paulpietersburg Moist Grassland |
Description | Mistbelt grassland, rocky, doleritic sites on mountain tops, 1000-1200 m. |
Threats |
| Parts of the grasslands on the Louwsburg plateau outside of Ithala Game Reserve have been transformed to forestry plantations in the past, and remaining grasslands between forest plantations are heavily overgrazed, causing a severe ongoing decline in the habitat of this species (C.R. Scott-Shaw pers. comm. 2007). |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Conservation |
| Protected in Ithala Game Reserve. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Senecio villifructus Hilliard | EN B1ab(iii) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Senecio villifructus Hilliard | VU | Scott-Shaw (1999) | | Senecio villifructus Hilliard | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
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.
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Citation |
| Scott-Shaw, C.R., Johnson, I.M. & von Staden, L. 2007. Senecio villifructus Hilliard. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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