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Scientific Name | Restio aridus Pillans |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | RESTIONACEAE |
Synonyms | Ischyrolepis arida (Pillans) H.P.Linder |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2015/11/24 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner |
Justification | EOO <13 000 km², known from fewer than ten locations, declining due to incorrect fire regime and livestock overgrazing. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Touwsrivier to Matjiesfontein and Montagu, with isolated occurrences at the summit of the Hex River Mountains and Bokkeveld Escarpment south of Nieuwoudtville. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Hex Sandstone Fynbos, North Hex Sandstone Fynbos, Nardouw Sandstone Fynbos, South Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos, North Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos, Bokkeveld Sandstone Fynbos, Matjiesfontein Quartzite Fynbos |
Description | Stony well-drained lower slopes in arid fynbos. |
Threats |
| This reseeder is declining due to too frequent fire and overgrazing (H.P. Linder pers. obs.). |
Population |
Locally common and even dominant (Linder 2011).
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Conservation |
| Not currently conserved in any formally protected area. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ischyrolepis arida (Pillans) H.P.Linder | VU B1ab(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. 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. 2015. Restio aridus Pillans. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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