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Scientific Name | Restio anomalus H.P.Linder |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | RESTIONACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(iii,iv,v)+2ab(iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2011/04/15 |
Assessor(s) | H.P. Linder & R.C. Turner |
Justification | Although locally common, this range-restricted (EOO 84 km²) species occurs in a highly transformed area and is only known from four localized locations. Threats from crop cultivation and alien plant invasion are ongoing. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Southern Agulhas Plain between Elim, Viljoenshof and the Soetanysberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Overberg Sandstone Fynbos, Elim Ferricrete Fynbos, Agulhas Sand Fynbos |
Description | Gravelly sandstone or silcrete soils, often with impeded drainage and on low coastal plains. |
Threats |
| Threatened by habitat loss to crop cultivation, alien invasive plants and grazing. |
Population |
Locally common.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ischyrolepis sp. nov. (Esterhuysen 32998 BOL) | EN B1ab(iii,iv,v) | 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. & Turner, R.C. 2011. Restio anomalus H.P.Linder. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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