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Scientific Name | Restio harveyi Mast. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | RESTIONACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(ii,iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2007/02/11 |
Assessor(s) | H.P. Linder, R.C. Turner & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO 2200 km², this lowland species has lost 50% of known locations to urban expansion and crop cultivation. Extant at only four location and threatened by invasive alien plants at all four. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cape Peninsula, Somerset West, Bot River to Onrus, and Elim. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Peninsula Granite Fynbos, Boland Granite Fynbos, Elim Ferricrete Fynbos |
Description | Granitic soils, and sandstone rubble, or pebbly slopes, in renosterveld, 50-200 m. |
Threats |
| This species' habitat has been extensively transformed and fragmented due to urban expansion and crop cultivation, and competition from alien invasive plants and heavy grazing due to overstocking of small fragments of natural vegetation. |
Population |
Only three of the four known subpopulation still exist and a further two are severely threatened.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Restio harveyi Mast. | EN B1ab(ii,iii,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Restio harveyi Mast. | Vulnerable | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Restio harveyi Mast. | Endangered | Hall et al. (1980) | |
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.
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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 |
| Linder, H.P., Turner, R.C. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Restio harveyi Mast. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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