Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Restio ramosissimus H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
RESTIONACEAE
Synonyms
Calopsis gracilis (Mast.) H.P.Linder, Calorophus gracilis (Mast.) Kuntze, Hypolaena gracilis Mast., Leptocarpus gracilis (Mast.) Pillans, Leptocarpus ramosissimus Pillans
National Status
Status and Criteria
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2005/02/14
Assessor(s)
H.P. Linder & D. Pillay
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Fynbos
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Calopsis gracilis (Mast.) H.P.LinderLeast Concern Raimondo et al. (2009)
Calopsis gracilis (Mast.) H.P.LinderNot Threatened Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Leptocarpus ramosissimus PillansExtinct 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.


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. & Pillay, D. 2005. Restio ramosissimus H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09

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