Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Restio purpurascens Nees ex Mast.
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
RESTIONACEAE
Synonyms
Restio involutus Pillans
National Status
Status and Criteria
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2015/04/14
Assessor(s)
L. von Staden
Justification
A range-restricted, but common species occurring predominantly in well-protected montane areas where it is not threatened.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Wellington to the Cape Peninsula, Kogelberg and Riviersonderend mountains.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Fynbos
Description
Damp upper slopes, often in seeps and rocky, sheltered places.
Population

Plants occur in small, localized populations.


Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Restio purpurascens Nees ex Mast.Least Concern 2015.1
Restio purpurascens Mast.Least Concern Raimondo et al. (2009)
Restio involutus PillansData Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) Raimondo et al. (2009)
Restio involutus PillansRare Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Restio involutus PillansRare 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.


Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity 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.


Citation
von Staden, L. 2015. Restio purpurascens Nees ex Mast. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09

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