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Scientific Name | Senecio triodontiphyllus C.Jeffrey |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Senecio trifurcatus Klatt |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2006/11/15 |
Assessor(s) | M. Lötter, J.E. Burrows & L. von Staden |
Justification | Known from three collections made before 1930. It was rediscovered in 2008 at one of the historical locations where it is potentially threatened by invasive alien plants and expanding forestry plantations. It therefore qualifies as Vulnerable under criterion D. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Mpumalanga |
Range | This species occurs from Barberton to Kaapmuiden. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Barberton Montane Grassland |
Description | Plants grow in steep slopes in grasslands. |
Threats |
| The type locality is probably threatened by urban expansion. Urgent surveys are needed to find other localities between Barberton and Kaapmuiden in order to establish the threat status of this species. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Senecio triodontiphyllus C.Jeffrey | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Jeffrey, C. 1992. The tribe Senecioneae (Compositae) in the Mascarene Islands with annotated world check-list of the genera of the tribe: Notes on Compositae VI. Kew Bulletin 47(1):49-109.
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.
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Citation |
| Lötter, M., Burrows, J.E. & von Staden, L. 2006. Senecio triodontiphyllus C.Jeffrey. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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