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Scientific Name | Restio parthenocarpos H.P.Linder |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | RESTIONACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(ii,iii,v)+2ab(ii,iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2011/04/15 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner |
Justification | A recently described taxon known from two locations (EOO ± 498 km², AOO ± 9 km²), but could occur elsewhere in the Skurweberg range. Habitat destruction on the Skurweberg Pass is causing continuing decline. It is also potentially threatened by forestry on the Suurvlakte and because it is only known from female plants. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Koue Bokkeveld. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Winterhoek Sandstone Fynbos, Cederberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Quartzitic, acidic, montane sandy flats. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss to road and dam construction, agriculture and forestry plantations. Reproductive failure as a result of skewed sex ratios is a concern, as only female plants are known. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ischyrolepis sp. nov. (Linder, Harding & Moline 7523 BOL) | EN B1ab(ii,iii,v)+2ab(ii,iii,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. 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 |
| Turner, R.C. 2011. Restio parthenocarpos H.P.Linder. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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