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Scientific Name | Sartidia dewinteri J.Munday & Fish |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | POACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2014/05/10 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted endemic to the Barberton Centre of Endemism, but not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Mpumalanga |
Range | Kaapsehoop to north-western Swaziland. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland, Savanna |
Description | Rocky slopes and ridges in high altitude serpentiniferous grasslands, as well as disturbed roadsides, erosion gulleys and mining sites. |
Threats |
| About 35% of this species' habitat is currently irreversibly modified, predominantly to commercial timber plantations and mining. Expansion of timber plantations is limited, but there is renewed interest in mining in the area, with a number of prospecting applications under review. The impact of mines is however small (Balkwill et al. 2011). This species is somewhat tolerant of disturbance, and is unlikely to be declining due to habitat degradation. |
Population |
This species has a limited distribution range, but is fairly common within this area, and is currently known from at least 14 subpopulations, although some of them are quite small (Balkwill et al. 2011). Although some of its habitat is under threat, it is not suspected to be in decline. Many subpopulations are protected within formally protected areas.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Sartidia dewinteri J.Munday & Fish | Least Concern | 2014.1 | |
Bibliography |
Balkwill, K., Campbell-Young, G.J., Fish, L., Munday, J., Frean, M.L. and Stalmans, M. 2011. A new species of Sartidia (Graminae), endemic to ultramafic soils. South African Journal of Botany 77(3):598-607.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2014. Sartidia dewinteri J.Munday & Fish. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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