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Scientific Name | Restio rupicola Esterh. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | RESTIONACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Rare |
Assessment Date | 2007/02/13 |
Assessor(s) | H.P. Linder, D. Raimondo, P.A. Manyama & D.A. Kamundi |
Justification | EOO <10 km², known from a single site in a rather rugged and inaccessible area. There appear to be no immediate threats to this species. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Matroosberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Hex Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Crevices and cracks in rugged rocks on the southern flanks of the mountain, 1200-1300 m. |
Threats |
| Occurs in an inaccessible, protected habitat where it is not threatened. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Restio rupicola Esterh. | Critically 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.
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.
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Citation |
| Linder, H.P., Raimondo, D., Manyama, P.A. & Kamundi, D.A. 2007. Restio rupicola Esterh. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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