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Scientific Name | Restio montanus Esterh. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | RESTIONACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Rare |
Assessment Date | 2007/02/12 |
Assessor(s) | H.P. Linder, D. Raimondo, P.A. Manyama & D.A. Kamundi |
Justification | Known from one subpopulation (EOO and AOO <5 km²). Occurs in a safe, permanently moist habitat. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Slanghoek Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Hawequas Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | In seepage cracks below high cliffs, 1200-1350 m. |
Threats |
| No threats. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
| Protected in the Limietberg Nature Reserve. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Restio montanus Esterh. | Critically Rare | 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. 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., Raimondo, D., Manyama, P.A. & Kamundi, D.A. 2007. Restio montanus Esterh. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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