Gifberg Quillwort

Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Isoetes toximontana Musselman & J.P.Roux
Higher Classification
Ferns
Family
ISOETACEAE
Common Names
Gifberg Quillwort (e)
National Status
Status and Criteria
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2011/10/24
Assessor(s)
J.P. Roux & D. Raimondo
Justification
Very narrow distribution range, but no major threats and not sign of decline occurs at many sites.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Northern Cape, Western Cape
Range
Kamiesberg to the Cederberg.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Freshwater
Major habitats
Fynbos
Description
Seasonally inundated depressions and slow flowing streams.
Threats
No known threats - plants occur on rocky montane areas where land transformation and degradation is low.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Isoetes toximontana Musselman & J.P.RouxLeast Concern Raimondo et al. (2009)
Bibliography

Cook, C.D.K. 2004. Aquatic and wetland plants of southern Africa. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.


Crouch, N.R., Klopper, R.R., Burrows, J.E. and Burrows, S.M. 2011. Ferns of southern Africa: A comprehensive guide. Struik Nature, Cape Town.


Musselman, L.J. and Roux, J.P. 2002. Isoetes toximontana (Isoetaceae), a new quillwort with green megaspores from the Northern Cape of South Africa. Novon 12(4):504-507.


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.


Sieben, E.J.J. 2009. The status and distribution of vascular plants (Magnoliophyta, Lycophyta, Pteridophyta). In: W.R.T. Darwall, K.G. Smith, D. Tweddle and P. Skelton (eds.), The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in southern Africa (pp. 83-98), IUCN and SAIAB, Gland, Switzerland and Grahamstown, South Africa.


Citation
Roux, J.P. & Raimondo, D. 2011. Isoetes toximontana Musselman & J.P.Roux. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/13

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