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Scientific Name | Restio impolitus Kunth |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | RESTIONACEAE |
Synonyms | Calopsis impolita (Kunth) H.P.Linder, Hypolaena impolita (Kunth) Mast., Leptocarpus impolitus (Kunth) Pillans |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2006/03/13 |
Assessor(s) | H.P. Linder & J.E. Victor |
Justification | EOO<7000 km², this species has lost the majority of its habitat over the past 100 years to wheat cultivation, it is now known from 13 severely fragmented subpopulations. Continuing to decline due to vineyard, potato and rooibos tea cultivation and invasive alien plant infestations. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cape Town to Leipoldtville. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Swartland Silcrete Renosterveld, Cape Flats Sand Fynbos, Atlantis Sand Fynbos, Hopefield Sand Fynbos, Leipoldtville Sand Fynbos |
Description | Leached, acid coastal sands, 50-200 m. |
Threats |
| Invasive Alien Species (direct effects), Habitat loss, Habitat degradation, Pollution (affecting habitat and/or species) |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Calopsis impolita (Kunth) H.P.Linder | VU B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Calopsis impolita (Kunth) H.P.Linder | Vulnerable | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Leptocarpus impolitus (Kunth) Pillans | Vulnerable | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
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.
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Citation |
| Linder, H.P. & Victor, J.E. 2006. Restio impolitus Kunth. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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