| IUCN Species Information Service (SIS) Toolkit |
| Assessment Report | |
| Taxonomy | ||||
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| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
| PLANTAE | TRACHEOPHYTA | MAGNOLIOPSIDA | ASTERALES | ASTERACEAE |
| Scientific Name: | Senecio mbuluzensis |
| Species Authority: | Compton |
| Common Name/s: - | |
| Synonym/s: | - |
| Taxonomic Notes: | - |
| Assessment Information | |
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Least Concern N/A |
| Year Assessed: | 2023 |
| Assessor/s: | Braun, K. |
| Reviewer/s: | Raimondo, D. & Mhlongo, N. |
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| Justification: This species has a restricted distribution, with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 8,360.439 km2 and an area of occupancy (AOO) of 80 km2. Most of its range is subject to ongoing overgrazing by livestock and uncontrolled burning and smallholder agriculture, but at the time of assessment there is no evidence of a decline in the population of this species due to habitat loss. Fieldwork is required to determine whether there are any changes in the population status for this species. Since it is known from at least 17 locations and more as yet unrecorded subpopulations are likely to exist this species is assessed as Least Concern. | |
| History: | - |
| Geographic Range | |
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| Range Description: | This species has been recorded from KwaZulu Natal, near Ngome, through the Eswatini upper middleveld and highveld to Mpumalanga near Mbombela. |
| Countries: | Native: Eswatini; KwaZulu-Natal; Mpumalanga; |
| Population | |
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| Population: | The population extends from KwaZulu Natal through Eswatini to Mpumalanga. There is currently no information on population trends for this plant. For the purpose of this assessment, it has been assumed that the plant still occurs in the localities described in the older records of this species from these combined with recent records it is known from 17 subpopulations |
| Population Trend: | Unknown |
| Habitat and Ecology | |
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| Habitat and Ecology: | This species has been recorded from savanna and grassland areas in the upper middleveld and highveld areas in Eswatini, as well as areas to the north and south of the country. The records from Eswatini are in vegetation types KaNgwane Montane Grassland (Gm16) and Swaziland Sour Bushveld (SVI14), the Mpumalanga records from Barberton Montane Grassland (Gm17), Legogote Sour Bushveld (SVI9) and Granite Lowveld (SVI3), and the KwaZulu Natal records from Paulpietersburg Moist Grassland (Gm15), KwaZulu-Natal Highland Thornveld (Gs6) and Northern Zululand Mistbelt Grassland (Gs1) (Mucina et. al. 2018). |
| List of Habitats: | 2 Savanna 2.2 Savanna - Moist 4 Grassland 4.7 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude |
| Threats | |
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| Major Threat(s): | Most of the highveld and upper middleveld areas in Eswatini are subject to ongoing expansion of small-scale agriculture or heavy grazing and burning, however extensive habitat still exists for this species. |
| List of Threats: | 2 Agriculture & aquaculture 2.1 Annual & perennial non-timber crops 2.1.2 Small-holder farming 2.3 Livestock farming & ranching 2.3.2 Small-holder grazing, ranching or farming |
| Conservation Actions | |
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| Conservation Actions: | One recorded locality for this species is within Malolotja Nature Reserve in Eswatini. |
| List of Conservation Actions: | 1 Land/water protection 1.2 Resource & habitat protection |
| Bibliography | |
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| Citation: | - |