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Scientific Name | Ficinia petrophila T.H.Arnold & Gordon-Gray |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | CYPERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2008/03/11 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & M. Muasya |
Justification | Known from fewer than five sites. Not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Anysberg, Touwsberg and Klein Swartberg Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Swartberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | At the base of granite boulders, a seasonally moist habitat, on mountain slopes above 700 m. |
Threats |
| No threats. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ficinia petrophila T.H.Arnold & Gordon-Gray | Rare | 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 |
| Helme, N.A. & Muasya, M. 2008. Ficinia petrophila T.H.Arnold & Gordon-Gray. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/01/20 |
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