Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Helictotrichon barbatum (Nees) Schweick.
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
POACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Vulnerable D2
Assessment Date
2005/08/03
Assessor(s)
J.E. Victor & L. Fish
Justification
Known from three disjunct locations and potentially threatened by overgrazing.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Northern Cape
Range
Kamiesberg, Hantamsberg Mountain and Roggeveld.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Roggeveld Shale Renosterveld, Namaqualand Granite Renosterveld, Hantam Plateau Dolerite Renosterveld
Description
Lower rocky slopes in mountain renosterveld on clays.
Threats
Habitat degradation
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Helictotrichon barbatum (Nees) Schweick.VU D2Raimondo et al. (2009)
Helictotrichon barbatum (Nees) Schweick.Rare Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Helictotrichon barbatum (Nees) Schweick.Uncertain Hall et al. (1980)
Bibliography

Chippindall, L.K.A. 1955. The Grasses and Pastures of South Africa ... Part. 1. A Guide to the Identification of Grasses in South Africa. 1:234-238.


Gibbs Russell, G.E., Watson, L., Koekemoer, M., Smook, L., Barker, N.P., Anderson, H.M. and Dallwitz, M.J. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 58:1-437. Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria.


Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.


Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.


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
Victor, J.E. & Fish, L. 2005. Helictotrichon barbatum (Nees) Schweick. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13

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