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Scientific Name | Senecio hederiformis Cron |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Cineraria hederifolia Cron |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2005/06/09 |
Assessor(s) | P.J.D. Winter, G.V. Cron & J.E. Victor |
Justification | A habitat specialist occurring as naturally disjunct subpopulations. It has no significant threats. It is therefore listed under the IUCN 3.1 Criteria, globally, as Least Concern but is nationally categorised as Rare. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | It occurs in Blouberg and Graskop. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Soutpansberg Summit Sourveld, Northern Escarpment Quartzite Sourveld |
Description | Plants grow in cracks of quartzite rock faces in mistbelt. |
Threats |
| Invasive alien species (pines) are threats at the Erasmushoop population. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Senecio hederiformis Cron | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Cron, G.V., Balkwill, K. and Knox, E.B. 2006. A revision of the genus Cineraria (Asteraceae, Senecioneae). Kew Bulletin 61:449-535.
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 |
| Winter, P.J.D., Cron, G.V. & Victor, J.E. 2005. Senecio hederiformis Cron. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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