Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Restio communis Pillans
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
RESTIONACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Vulnerable D2
Assessment Date
2006/07/14
Assessor(s)
H.P. Linder, N.A. Helme, D. Raimondo & R.C. Turner
Justification
A range-restricted species (EOO<20 km²). Most of its range falls within the Table Mountain National Park, but its sensitivity to fire is not known, and it might be driven to extinction by a set of inappropriate fires.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Cape Peninsula.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos
Description
Seepages and damp sand localities, often forming an extensive ground cover, 300-500 m.
Threats
Habitat degradation, Invasive Alien Species (direct effects)
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Restio communis PillansVU D2Raimondo et al. (2009)
Restio communis PillansNot Threatened Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Restio communis PillansVulnerable 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.


Helme, N.A. and Trinder-Smith, T.H. 2006. The endemic flora of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 72(2):205-210.


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.


Citation
Linder, H.P., Helme, N.A., Raimondo, D. & Turner, R.C. 2006. Restio communis Pillans. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09

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