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Scientific Name | Ficinia quinquangularis Boeck. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | CYPERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2007/05/23 |
Assessor(s) | C. Archer & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Widespread in the mountains of the southern and eastern Cape where it is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Swellendam to Humansdorp. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Rocky mountain slopes and plateaus below 1 500m. |
Threats |
| No severe threats. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ficinia quinquangularis Boeck. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Ficinia quinquangularis Boeck. | Lower Risk - Least Concern | Victor (2002) | | Ficinia quinquangularis Boeck. | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
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.
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 |
| Archer, C. & Victor, J.E. 2007. Ficinia quinquangularis Boeck. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/01/17 |
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