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Scientific Name | Festuca vulpioides Steud. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | POACEAE |
Synonyms | Vulpia megastachya Nees |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2006/03/05 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor & L. Fish |
Justification | Known only from Acocks type specimen collected in 1959. Not enough is known about the distribution, specific habitat or population status of this species to determine its status. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Eastern Cape Drakensberg Mountains, near Barkly East. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Grassland |
Description | High altitude sourveld. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Festuca vulpioides Steud. | Data Deficient | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Clayton, W.D. 1967. Studies in the Gramineae: XV. Kew Bulletin 21(1):119-124.
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 |
| Victor, J.E. & Fish, L. 2006. Festuca vulpioides Steud. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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