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Scientific Name | Ficinia micrantha C.B.Clarke |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | CYPERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2008/03/12 |
Assessor(s) | M. Muasya & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO 270 km², known from three locations, of which the two from Table Mountain have not been collected since 1933. This may indicate sensitivity to human hiking damage. All three recorded locations are vulnerable to ongoing degradation of habitat. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Table Mountain and Kogelberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos, Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Seepage areas on low sandstone slopes. |
Threats |
This species appears to be extremely rare, and has not been relocated on Table Mountain since 1933, despite the area being very well explored. It may be that heavy use of the mountain for recreational and hiking purposes has caused degradation of this species' habitat. It may also be sensitive to drought and changes in the water table due to water extraction. The species has been recently found in the Kogelberg, a protected area where there appears to be no threats. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | Ficinia micrantha C.B.Clarke | EN B1ab(iii,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | Ficinia micrantha C.B.Clarke | Data Deficient | Victor (2002) | Ficinia micrantha C.B.Clarke | Indeterminate | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Clarke, C.B. 1898. Cyperaceae. In: W.T. Thiselton-Dyer (ed). Flora Capensis VII (Pontederiaceae to Gramineae):149-310. L. Reeve & Co., Ltd., Ashford.
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.
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.
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 |
Muasya, M. & Raimondo, D. 2008. Ficinia micrantha C.B.Clarke. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/11/05 |