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Scientific Name | Restio paludicola H.P.Linder |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | RESTIONACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2007/02/11 |
Assessor(s) | H.P. Linder, D. Raimondo, P.A. Manyama & D.A. Kamundi |
Justification | Restricted to one mountain range (EOO 75 km²), falls within the Maanskynkop Nature Reserve. Not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Kleinrivier Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Overberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Wet habitats, in seepages and along stream margins. |
Threats |
| No threats. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
| Maanskynkop Nature Reserve. |
Notes |
| A single collection from the Caledon Swartberg appears to represent an intermediate between this species and Restio communis from the Cape Peninsula (Linder and Hardy 2010). |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Restio paludicola H.P.Linder | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Linder, H.P. and Hardy, C.R. 2010. A generic reclassification of the Restioneae (Restionaceae), southern Africa. Bothalia 40(1):1-35.
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 paludicola H.P.Linder. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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