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Scientific Name | Ficinia quartzicola Muasya & N.A.Helme |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | CYPERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D1+2 |
Assessment Date | 2013/12/11 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme, L. von Staden & M. Muasya |
Justification | A range-restricted habitat specialist (AOO <10 km²), with a small population numbering fewer than 1000 mature individuals, that is potentially threatened by habitat loss and degradation. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Knersvlakte. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Namaqualand Heuweltjieveld, Knersvlakte Quartz Vygieveld |
Description | Quartz patches, on gentle east- and south-facing slopes. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by overgrazing and habitat loss to mining, crop cultivation and dam construction. |
Population |
This localized habitat specialist is currently known from only three small subpopulations, one consisting of fewer than 100 plants, the other between 200 and 300 plants (Muasya et al. 2012), and a third of around 20 plants (N.A. Helme pers. comm. 2013). The total population is estimated to number less than 1000 mature individuals, and is not suspected to be declining.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ficinia quartzicola Muasya & N.A.Helme | VU D1+2 | 2014.1 | |
Bibliography |
Muasya, A.M., Viljoen, J.-A., Stirton, C.H. and Helme, N.A. 2012. Two new leafless species of Ficinia (Cypereae, Cyperaceae) from the Greater Cape Floristic Region of South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 79:96-101.
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Citation |
| Helme, N.A., von Staden, L. & Muasya, M. 2013. Ficinia quartzicola Muasya & N.A.Helme. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/01/18 |
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