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Scientific Name | Restio pratensis (Esterh.) H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | RESTIONACEAE |
Synonyms | Ischyrolepis pratensis Esterh. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered A2ace; B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2007/04/10 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner & H.P. Linder |
Justification | EOO <251 km², four of the seven historically recorded subpopulations (71%) are on coastal lowlands between Cape Town and Gordon's Bay, and are likely to be extinct due to urban development. This species coppices after fire hence generation length is over 30 years. Currently extant at three locations and declining due to invasive alien plants and crop cultivation. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cape Peninsula to Worcester and Gordon's Bay. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos, Lourensford Alluvium Fynbos, Swartland Alluvium Fynbos, Breede Alluvium Fynbos |
Description | Seasonally waterlogged habitats on loamy sand, usually over an impervious laterite layer, in lowlands. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss, Invasive Alien Species (direct effects) |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ischyrolepis pratensis Esterh. | EN A2ace ; B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | 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. 1985. Conspectus of the African species of Restionaceae. Bothalia 15(3&4):387-503.
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.
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Citation |
| Turner, R.C. & Linder, H.P. 2007. Restio pratensis (Esterh.) H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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