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Scientific Name | Mikaniopsis cissampelina (DC.) C.Jeffrey |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ASTERACEAE |
Synonyms | Cacalia cissampelina DC., Senecio cissampelinus (DC.) Sch.Bip. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2020/02/28 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Mikaniopsis cissampelina is a widespread, but rarely recorded and poorly known species. It has no severe threats and is not suspected to be in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Range | This species is widespread across the eastern escarpment of South Africa, from the Soutpansberg to the KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape Drakensberg, extending to Pirie and the Amathole Mountains It also occurs in Zimbabwe. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Southern Coastal Forest, Scarp Forest, Northern Mistbelt Forest, Southern Mistbelt Forest |
Description | It is a climber in forest. |
Population |
This species is known from only a few, widely scattered records. It is possibly overlooked as it flowers in winter. The population is not suspected to be declining.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Mikaniopsis cissampelina (DC.) C.Jeffrey | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Hilliard, O.M. 1977. Compositae in Natal. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg.
Hilliard, O.M. and Burtt, B.L. 1988. Notes on some plants of Southern Africa chiefly from Natal: XV. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 45(2):179-223.
Jeffrey, C. 1986. The Senecioneae in East Tropical Africa: Notes on Compositae: IV. Kew Bulletin 41(4):873-943.
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 |
| von Staden, L. 2020. Mikaniopsis cissampelina (DC.) C.Jeffrey. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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