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Scientific Name | Trianoptiles solitaria (C.B.Clarke) Levyns |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | CYPERACEAE |
Synonyms | Carpha solitaria (C.B.Clarke) H.Pfeiff., Ecklonea solitaria C.B.Clarke |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2015/05/13 |
Assessor(s) | C. von Witt, D. Raimondo & D. van der Colff |
Justification | EOO of 400 km² and a AOO less than 230 km² and only known from four locations. It was threatened by habitat loss in the past to urban expansion and is currently threatened by habitat degradation due to invasive alien plants and eutrophication. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cape Peninsula to the Perdeberg south of Malmesbury. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos, Swartland Granite Renosterveld, Boland Granite Fynbos, Swartland Alluvium Fynbos, Swartland Shale Renosterveld |
Description | Damp depressions in acid sands. |
Threats |
| Threatened by eutrophication from surrounding urban areas and urban development was a severe past threat. Invasive alien grasses is a continues threat. 89% of its habitat has been transformed. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Citation |
| von Witt, C., Raimondo, D. & van der Colff, D. 2015. Trianoptiles solitaria (C.B.Clarke) Levyns. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2017.1. Accessed on 2019/12/11 |
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