Assessment Report - Senecio mbuluzensis

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Taxonomy
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
Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern N/A
Year Assessed:	2023
Assessor/s:	Braun, K.
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Justification: Senecio mbuluzensis has a restricted distribution, with an estimated extent of occurrence of 8,360.439 km² and an area of occupancy 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. Based on this, it has been assessed as Least Concern. Date last seen: 2011
History:	-

Geographic Range
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
Population:	This species has a population extending 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.
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Habitat and Ecology
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

Habitat and Ecology

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
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.
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
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

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