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Scientific Name | Restio acockii Pillans |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | RESTIONACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered A2c; B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2006/07/13 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor & R.C. Turner |
Justification | EOO and AOO < 3.5 km². Previously known from several sites between Cape Town and Paarl, but these have all been destroyed by urban development. We suspect that it has lost 80% of its habitat in the past 30 years (generation length 10 years). It is now known from Riverlands Nature Reserve where invasive alien plants continue to cause slow but ongoing degradation of its habitat. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Malmesbury. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Swartland Granite Renosterveld, Atlantis Sand Fynbos |
Description | Acid coastal sand, 100 m. |
Threats |
| Previously recorded from several localities between Cape Town and Paarl, these have all been destroyed by urban expansion. The species is now known only from Riverlands Nature Reserve. This small fragment of lowland fynbos is surrounded by dense infestations of alien invasive acacias. Alien plants have been cleared in the reserve, but intensive, continued management is required to prevent re-invasion and protect the last remaining subpopulation from extinction. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Conservation |
| Riverlands Nature Reserve. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Restio acockii Pillans | CR A2c; B1ab(,iii)+B2ab(iii) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Restio acockii Pillans | Endangered | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Restio acockii Pillans | Endangered | Hall et al. (1980) | |
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.
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Linder, H.P. 2011. The African Restionaceae: an Interactive Key identification and description system. Version 6. http://www.systbot.uzh.ch/Bestimmungsschluessel/Restionaceae_en.html. Downloaded.
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.
Smuts, L.M. 1994. Fact Sheet: Restio acockii. Information System For Endangered Plants (ISEP). Cape Nature Conservation.
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Citation |
| Victor, J.E. & Turner, R.C. 2006. Restio acockii Pillans. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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