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Scientific Name | Ficinia distans C.B.Clarke |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | CYPERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2008/03/12 |
Assessor(s) | M. Muasya & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Known from four locations potentially threatened by alien plant invasion and coastal development. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Kogelberg and Kleinrivier Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Overberg Sandstone Fynbos, Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Seepages in fynbos. |
Threats |
| Occurs on lower slopes and flats where it is potentially threatened by ongoing habitat loss to coastal development. Only a few subpopulations are known at present, and these are in relatively safe and protected sites. It is however also potentially threatened by alien invasive plant encroachment of its habitat. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ficinia distans C.B.Clarke | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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.
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 |
| Muasya, M. & Raimondo, D. 2008. Ficinia distans C.B.Clarke. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/09/15 |
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