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Scientific Name | Trachyandra esterhuysenae Oberm. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPHODELACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2007/05/25 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A mid to high altitude species known from five sites. Not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Porterville Mountains to Kogelberg and Riviersonderend Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos, Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos, Hawequas Sandstone Fynbos, Northern Inland Shale Band Vegetation |
Description | Shale bands in montane fynbos. |
Threats |
| No threats. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
| Protected in the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve and Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Trachyandra esterhuysenae Oberm. | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Trachyandra esterhuysenae Oberm. | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Obermeyer, A.A. 1962. A revision of the South African species of Anthericum, Chlorophytum and Trachyandra. Bothalia 7:669-767.
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 |
| Turner, R.C. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Trachyandra esterhuysenae Oberm. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/09/08 |
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