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Scientific Name | Searsia albomarginata (Sond.) Moffett |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ANACARDIACEAE |
Synonyms | Rhus albomarginata Sond. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered D |
Assessment Date | 2005/07/29 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor & A.P. Dold |
Justification | Known from fewer than 50 mature individuals from an EOO of 27 km². |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Albany, west of Grahamstown. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Bhisho Thornveld, Suurberg Quartzite Fynbos |
Description | Grassy fynbos in rocky, red sandstone soils. |
Threats |
| Habitat degradation, No threats |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Searsia albomarginata (Sond.) Moffett | CR D | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Rhus albomarginata Sond. | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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.
Victor, J.E. and Dold, A.P. 2003. Threatened plants of the Albany Centre of Floristic Endemism, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 99:437-446.
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Citation |
| Victor, J.E. & Dold, A.P. 2005. Searsia albomarginata (Sond.) Moffett. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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