Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Pentameris longipes (Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
POACEAE
Synonyms
Pentaschistis longipes Stapf
National Status
Status and Criteria
Vulnerable D2
Assessment Date
2007/05/18
Assessor(s)
D. Raimondo, J.E. Victor & L. Fish
Justification
EOO <60 km², AOO <20 km², known from one location. Potentially threatened by coastal development, crop cultivation and invasive alien acacias.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Eastern Cape
Range
Humansdorp.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
St Francis Dune Thicket
Description
Stable dunes in association with thicket.
Threats
Potentially threatened by habitat loss to coastal development and crop cultivation and competition from alien invasive plants.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Pentaschistis longipes StapfVU D22012.1
Pentaschistis longipes StapfVU D2Raimondo et al. (2009)
Bibliography

Linder, H.P. and Ellis, R.P. 1990. A revision of Pentaschistis (Arundineae: Poaceae). Contributions from the Bolus Herbarium 12:1-124.


Linder, H.P., Baeza, M., Barker, N.P., Galley, C., Humphreys, A.M., Lloyd, K.M., Orlovich, D.A., Pirie, M.D., Simon, B.K., Walsh, N. and Verboom, G.A. 2010. A generic classification of the Danthonioideae (Poaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 97(3):306-364.


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.


Citation
Raimondo, D., Victor, J.E. & Fish, L. 2007. Pentameris longipes (Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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