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Scientific Name | Carex acocksii C.Archer |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | CYPERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2006/11/20 |
Assessor(s) | C. Archer & J.E. Victor |
Justification | One known location is potentially threatened by livestock overgrazing. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Hantamsberg Mountain. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Roggeveld Karoo, Hantam Plateau Dolerite Renosterveld |
Description | Doleritic soils on arid mountain summits. |
Threats |
| Land degradation, drought and cattle grazing. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Carex acocksii C.Archer | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Carex acocksii C.Archer | VU D2 | Victor (2002) | |
Bibliography |
Archer, C. and Balkwill, K. 1997. The genus Carex L. (Cyperaceae) in southern Africa: 1. A new species of subgenus Primocarex Kük. from Northern Cape, with notes on the subgenus. South African Journal of Botany 63:342-344.
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.
Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Victor, J.E. 2002. South Africa. In: J.S. Golding (ed), Southern African plant Red Data Lists. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 14 (pp. 93-120), SABONET, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Archer, C. & Victor, J.E. 2006. Carex acocksii C.Archer. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/15 |
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