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Scientific Name | Elegia elephantina H.P.Linder |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | RESTIONACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2011/03/18 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A common species. Although declining in some areas due to habitat loss, it is not yet in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | West Coast, between Elands Bay and Bloubergstrand. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Damp hollows and seepages on sandy coastal flats. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss to crop cultivation and coastal development. |
Population |
Locally dominant in seepages in acidic sands of the west coast plains. Possibly declining in some areas due to habitat loss.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Elegia elephantina H.P.Linder | Least Concern | 2011.1 | |
Bibliography |
Linder, H.P. and Hardy, C.R. 2010. A generic reclassification of the Restioneae (Restionaceae), southern Africa. Bothalia 40(1):1-35.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2011. Elegia elephantina H.P.Linder. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/24 |
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