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Scientific Name | Restio cincinnatus Mast. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | RESTIONACEAE |
Synonyms | Ischyrolepis cincinnata (Mast.) H.P.Linder |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2020/03/05 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Restio cincinnatus has a restricted distribution range, with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 4645 km². It is a common species, and only a very small proportion of the population is currently threatened. It is therefore not yet in danger of extinction, and is listed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa. It has a limited distribution in the Western Cape, where it occurs on the Cape Peninsula, and in the Riviersonderend and Kleinrivier mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos, Cape Flats Dune Strandveld, South Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos, Peninsula Granite Fynbos, Hangklip Sand Fynbos, Overberg Sandstone Fynbos, Cape Flats Sand Fynbos, Western Coastal Shale Band Vegetation |
Description | It occurs on sandy flats on the Cape Peninsula, elsewhere it occurs on rock ledges and in gullies. |
Threats |
| Restio cincinnatus has lost habitat to urban expansion on the Cape Peninsula in the past, but remaining habitat on the Peninsula is now protected, and habitat loss is no longer a significant threat. The subpopulation in the Riviersonderend Mountain is threatened by competition from uncontrolled alien invasive plants. |
Population |
This species is common on the southern Cape Peninsula, but rarer elsewhere in its range. It is known from three disjunct subpopulations.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ischyrolepis cincinnata (Mast.) H.P.Linder | Least Concern | 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.
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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2020. Restio cincinnatus Mast. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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