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Scientific Name | Searsia maricoana (Baker f.) Moffett |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ANACARDIACEAE |
Synonyms | Rhus maricoana Moffett |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2017/02/02 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor & R.H. Archer |
Justification | Known from three locations, and potentially threatened by habitat loss to mining. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | North West |
Range | Zeerust district. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Dwaalboom Thornveld, Carletonville Dolomite Grassland, Klerksdorp Thornveld |
Description | Grassland, at the transition from bushveld, in dark soil among igneous rocks. |
Threats |
| Unknown, but known subpopulations are not in a reserve, and chrome is mined in the area so it is potentially threatened by mining. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Notes |
| Hahn (2013) considers S. maricoana insufficiently distinct from the widespread and common S. ciliata to warrant recognition as a separate taxon. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Searsia maricoana (Baker f.) Moffett | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Rhus maricoana Moffett | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hahn, N. 2013. Rare, endangered and endemic flora of the North West Province. Unpublished Report to the Department of Economic Development, Conservation and Tourism, North West Provincial Government.
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.
Moffett, R.O. 2007. Name changes in the Old World Rhus and recognition of Searsia (Anacardiaceae). Bothalia 37(2):165-175.
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 |
| Victor, J.E. & Archer, R.H. 2017. Searsia maricoana (Baker f.) Moffett. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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