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Scientific Name | Senecio esterhuyseniae J.C.Manning & Goldblatt |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2011/03/18 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted (EOO 2 347 km²) species known only from a few very small, scattered subpopulations in mountainous areas where it is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Langeberg, Klein Swartberg and Rooiberg mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Swartberg Sandstone Fynbos, South Rooiberg Sandstone Fynbos, South Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos, North Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Seasonally moist, rocky slopes, preferring cooler, usually south-facing slopes. |
Threats |
| No threats. |
Population |
Plants are apparently very rare, with collector's notes on several specimens reporting only one or a few plants seen.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Senecio esterhuyseniae J.C.Manning & Goldblatt | Rare | 2011.1 | |
Bibliography |
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2010. Asteraceae: Senecio comptonii and Senecio esterhuyseniae, two new species of Senecio sens. lat. (Senecioneae) from the Cape Floristic Region. Bothalia 40(2):193-197.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2011. Senecio esterhuyseniae J.C.Manning & Goldblatt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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