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Scientific Name | Restio mkambatiae H.P.Linder |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | RESTIONACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2012/10/15 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & L. von Staden |
Justification | A localized species (EOO 12 km²) potentially threatened by habitat degradation due to heavy grazing. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Mkambati Nature Reserve. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Pondoland-Ugu Sandstone Coastal Sourveld |
Description | Marshy grassland adjacent to streams, and permanently wet seeps. |
Threats |
| Subpopulations within the Mkambati Nature Reserve are not threatened, however, it is also likely to occur in similar habitat outside the reserve where it is potentially threatened by heavy grazing. |
Population |
A locally common species in suitable habitat, but fairly cryptic and easily overlooked. It is likely that it may occur in similar habitat outside of Mkambati Nature Reserve, but it is certainly not widespread in the Pondoland area as it has not yet been recorded in other botanically well-explored areas such as the Umtamvuna Nature Reserve.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Restio mkambatiae H.P.Linder | VU D2 | 2013.1 | |
Bibliography |
Linder, H.P. 2011. New species and combinations in the African Restionaceae. South African Journal of Botany 77(2):415-424.
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Citation |
| Helme, N.A. & von Staden, L. 2012. Restio mkambatiae H.P.Linder. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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