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Scientific Name | Senecio brevilorus Hilliard |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2008/03/04 |
Assessor(s) | D.A. Kamundi & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A range-restricted habitat specialist (EOO 70 km²), known from two subpopulations. No recorded threats. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg Mountains, between Giants Castle Game Reserve and the Underberg district. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | uKhahlamba Basalt Grassland, Southern Drakensberg Highland Grassland |
Description | Among boulders on the edge of rocky streambeds, or on boulder beds in streams, sometimes submerged by floodwater, 2100-2440 m. |
Threats |
| No threats. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Senecio brevilorus Hilliard | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Senecio brevilorus Hilliard | Lower Risk - Least Concern | Scott-Shaw (1999) | |
Bibliography |
Hilliard, O.M. and Burtt, B.L. 1973. Notes on some plants of Southern Africa chiefly from Natal: III. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 32(3):303-387.
Pooley, E. 2003. Mountain flowers: a field guide to the flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.
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 |
| Kamundi, D.A. & Raimondo, D. 2008. Senecio brevilorus Hilliard. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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