Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Grubbia rourkei Carlquist
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
GRUBBIACEAE
Synonyms
Grubbia linearifolia Gutzwiller
National Status
Status and Criteria
Rare
Assessment Date
2005/03/30
Assessor(s)
D. Pillay
Justification
A high altitude habitat specialist known from fewer than five sites within a protected area.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Kogelberg.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos
Description
Fynbos, on damp sandstone slopes at high altitudes.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Grubbia rourkei CarlquistRare Raimondo et al. (2009)
Grubbia rourkei CarlquistRare Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Bibliography

Carlquist, S. 1977. A revision of Grubbiaceae. Journal of South African Botany 43:115-128.


Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.


Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.


Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity 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.


Citation
Pillay, D. 2005. Grubbia rourkei Carlquist. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/11

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