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Scientific Name | Searsia dracomontana (Moffett) Moffett |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ANACARDIACEAE |
Synonyms | Rhus dracomontana Moffett |
Common Names | Drakensberg Dwarf Currant (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2013/01/16 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & L. von Staden |
Justification | A habitat specialist, EOO 1953 km², AOO <200 km², known from at least five locations from the foothills of the Drakensberg but likely to be undercollected and to occur at a minimum of five more locations. Threatened by habitat degradation as a result of livestock overgrazing and too frequent fires at a number of its subpopulations. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga |
Range | Lower Drakensberg Escarpment around Charlestown and Wakkerstroom in southern Mpumalanga and at Van Reenen on the Free State-KwaZulu-Natal border. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Low Escarpment Moist Grassland, Wakkerstroom Montane Grassland |
Description | Dolerite grasslands at the edge of scrub forest, 1700-2100 m. |
Threats |
| Habitat degradation as a result of livestock overgrazing and frequent fire is threatening some of the subpopulations. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Searsia dracomontana (Moffett) Moffett | Rare | 2012.1 | | Searsia dracomontana (Moffett) Moffett | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Rhus dracomontana Moffett | Lower Risk - Least Concern | Scott-Shaw (1999) | | Rhus dracomontana Moffett | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Boon, R. 2010. Pooley's Trees of eastern South Africa. Flora and Fauna Publications Trust, Durban.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Moffett, R.O. 1990. A taxonomic study of Rhus (Anacardiaceae) in Southern Africa. Unpublished PhD Thesis., University of Stellenbosch.
Moffett, R.O. 1993. Rhus. In: O.A. Leistner (ed). Flora of southern Africa 19 Part 3: Anacardiaceae, Fascicle 1:1-129. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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.
Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D. & von Staden, L. 2013. Searsia dracomontana (Moffett) Moffett. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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