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Scientific Name | Pentameris ellisii H.P.Linder |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | POACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Rare |
Assessment Date | 2011/03/17 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A recently discovered species known from a single site where it is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Riviersonderend Mountains, Jonaskop. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | North Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Shallow soils over sandstone on north-facing slopes. |
Threats |
| No threats. |
Population |
This species is known from a very restricted area, but is locally common. It possibly also occurs in similar suitable habitat elsewhere within the Riviersonderend Mountains.
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Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
| The habitat of this species is protected. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Pentameris ellisii H.P.Linder | Critically Rare | 2011.1 | |
Bibliography |
Linder, H.P. 2010. Poaceae: A new species of Pentameris from Jonaskop, South Africa. Bothalia 40(2):190-193.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2011. Pentameris ellisii H.P.Linder. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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