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Scientific Name | Prismatocarpus altiflorus L'Hér. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | CAMPANULACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2007/05/01 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO 1 800 km², known from fewer than five locations. Historical locations from the Cederberg and Koue Bokkeveld are from valley floors, which have been heavily impacted by agriculture (orchards). Two locations in particular (Grootfontein and Onderboskloof) are likely to have been transformed in the past 25 years. Loss to crop cultivation is ongoing throughout its range. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cederberg and Koue Bokkeveld Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Winterhoek Sandstone Fynbos, Olifants Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Sandy soils at low altitudes. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss to crop cultivation is a past and ongoing threat to subpopulations on lower slopes and flats. |
Population |
This species is rather rare (Adamson 1951).
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Prismatocarpus altiflorus L'Hér. | EN B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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.
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. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Prismatocarpus altiflorus L'Hér. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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