Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Prismatocarpus fastigiatus C.Presl ex A.DC.
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
CAMPANULACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Data Deficient - Insufficient Information
Assessment Date
2006/09/21
Assessor(s)
D. Raimondo & R.C. Turner
Justification
Known from the type, collected in the 1800s at 'Uienvallei', apparently in the Caledon-Bredasdorp area. We have been unable to trace this site so do not know if this species is threatened or not.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Bredasdorp.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Fynbos
Description
Unknown.
Population
Population trend
Unknown
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Prismatocarpus fastigiatus C.Presl ex A.DC.Data Deficient Raimondo et al. (2009)
Prismatocarpus fastigiatus C.Presl ex A.DC.Data Deficient Victor (2002)
Prismatocarpus fastigiatus C.Presl ex A.DC.Insufficiently Known Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Prismatocarpus fastigiatus C.Presl ex A.DC.Uncertain Hall et al. (1980)
Bibliography

Adamson, R.S. 1951. A revision of the genera Prismatocarpus and Roella. Journal of South African Botany 17:93-166.


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.


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.


Victor, J.E. 2002. South Africa. In: J.S. Golding (ed), Southern African plant Red Data Lists. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 14 (pp. 93-120), SABONET, Pretoria.


Citation
Raimondo, D. & Turner, R.C. 2006. Prismatocarpus fastigiatus C.Presl ex A.DC. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09

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