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Scientific Name | Xerophyta longicaulis Hilliard |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | VELLOZIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2014/05/13 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A localized habitat specialist (EOO 8 km²), but not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg, Mont-aux-Sources. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | uKhahlamba Basalt Grassland, Northern Drakensberg Highland Grassland |
Description | Montane grassland, in scrub at the edge of moist sandstone cliffs, 1700 m. |
Threats |
| This species' entire population is protected within the Ukhahlamba Drakensberg National Park, and it is not threatened. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Xerophyta longicaulis Hilliard | Rare | 2014.1 | | Xerophyta longicaulis Hilliard | Critically Rare | 2013.1 | | Xerophyta longicaulis Hilliard | Critically Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Xerophyta longicaulis Hilliard | Data Deficient | Scott-Shaw (1999) | | Xerophyta longicaulis Hilliard | Indeterminate | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Behnke, H.D., Hummel, E., Hillmer, S., Sauer-Gürth, H., Gonzalez, J. and Wink, M. 2013. A revision of African Velloziaceae based on leaf anatomy characters and rbcL nucleotide sequences. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 172(1):22-94.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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.
Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2014. Xerophyta longicaulis Hilliard. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/03/27 |
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