Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Ehrharta eburnea Gibbs Russ.
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
POACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Near Threatened D2
Assessment Date
2006/10/30
Assessor(s)
G.A. Verboom, D. Raimondo, J.E. Victor & L. Fish
Justification
Known from six locations from two disjunct areas: from the Calvinia, Sutherland and Montagu districts. Subpopulations are highly localized. Potentially declining due to grazing by livestock.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Northern Cape, Western Cape
Range
Calvinia, Sutherland and Montagu.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Fynbos
Description
Rocky places in mountain renosterveld.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Ehrharta eburnea Gibbs Russ.NT D2Raimondo et al. (2009)
Ehrharta eburnea Gibbs Russ.Rare Hilton-Taylor (1996)
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. 1987. Taxonomy of the genus Ehrharta (Poaceae) in southern Africa: the Setacea group. Bothalia 17(1):67-73.


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.


Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.


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.


Snijman, D.A. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.


Citation
Verboom, G.A., Raimondo, D., Victor, J.E. & Fish, L. 2006. Ehrharta eburnea Gibbs Russ. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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