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Scientific Name | Afroligusticum wilmsianum (H.Wolff) P.J.D.Winter |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | APIACEAE |
Synonyms | Peucedanum wilmsianum H.Wolff |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2006/11/03 |
Assessor(s) | P.J.D. Winter & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Known from five small, severely fragmented subpopulations (EOO 11 000 km²). Declining as a result of grassland conversion to agricultural crops and commercial forestry plantations and ongoing degradation due to overgrazing and trampling by livestock. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Ngome to uMzimkhulu. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Moist Coast Hinterland Grassland |
Description | Mistbelt and coastal scarp grasslands. |
Threats |
| Sugar cane, pine plantations, overgrazing and trampling by livestock are causing an ongoing decline to a number of subpopulations. A subpopulation on the Noodsberg in particular is severely threatened, there is a possibility that this subpopulation may be extinct as most remaining natural habitat is totally transformed. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Peucedanum wilmsianum H.Wolff | VU B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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. & Victor, J.E. 2006. Afroligusticum wilmsianum (H.Wolff) P.J.D.Winter. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/19 |
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