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Scientific Name | Restio paludosus Pillans |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | RESTIONACEAE |
Synonyms | Ischyrolepis paludosa (Pillans) H.P.Linder |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable A2bc; B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2007/04/20 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner, H.P. Linder & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO 14 851 km², most subpopulations of this predominantly lowland, habitat-specific species are threatened by urban development and encroachment from invasive alien acacias. Only sites in the Cape of Good Hope section of the Table Mountain National Park are well conserved. It has lost over 30% of its habitat to crops and urban expansion in the past three generations (generation length 30 years). |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Citrusdal to the Cape Peninsula and Agulhas. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Agulhas Sand Fynbos, Breede Alluvium Fynbos, Swartland Alluvium Fynbos, Lourensford Alluvium Fynbos, Leipoldtville Sand Fynbos, Atlantis Sand Fynbos, Kouebokkeveld Alluvium Fynbos, Hangklip Sand Fynbos, Swartland Granite Renosterveld, Elim Ferricrete Fynbos, Boland Granite Fynbos, Hawequas Sandstone Fynbos, Overberg Sandstone Fynbos, Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos, Swartland Alluvium Renosterveld, Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
Description | Seasonally wet sands. |
Threats |
| Threatened by ongoing habitat loss and fragmentation due to expanding wheat, protea and vineyard cultivation, as well as competition from alien invasive plants. Habitat loss to urban expansion is threatening some subpopulations. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ischyrolepis paludosa (Pillans) H.P.Linder | VU A2bc; B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,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., Linder, H.P. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Restio paludosus Pillans. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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