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Scientific Name | Ellisochloa papposa (Nees) P.M.Peterson & N.P.Barker |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | POACEAE |
Synonyms | Danthonia papposa Nees, Merxmuellera papposa (Nees) Conert |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2007/05/04 |
Assessor(s) | L. Fish, N.P. Barker, N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO 19 700 km², known from less than 10 locations. Declining due to alien plant invasion, in the Baviaanskloof and along the Van Stadens and Swartkops rivers, and quarrying and urban expansion around Uitenhage. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Uitenhage and Baviaanskloof. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Algoa Sandstone Fynbos, Kouga Grassy Sandstone Fynbos, Albany Alluvial Vegetation, Sundays Mesic Thicket |
Description | Transition between mountain renosterveld and fynbos on alluvial soils and along streams in flat, well-drained, pebbly river washes. |
Threats |
| Invasive alien plants are causing ongoing habitat degradation at all known locations. Vegetable and citrus farming in the Baviaanskloof area and pasture cultivation along the Van Staadens and Zwartkops rivers is resulting in ongoing loss of habitat. Quarrying for gravel is also causing loss of habitat to the alluvial flats along the Zwartkops River. Urban expansion is a threat to subpopulations around Uitenhage. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Merxmuellera papposa (Nees) Conert | VU B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | 2012.1 | | Merxmuellera papposa (Nees) Conert | VU B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Peterson, P.M., Romaschenko, K., Barker, N.P. and Linder, H.P. 2011. Centropodieae and Ellisochloa, a new tribe and genus in Chloridoideae (Poaceae). Taxon 60(4):1113-1122.
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.
Victor, J.E. and Dold, A.P. 2003. Threatened plants of the Albany Centre of Floristic Endemism, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 99:437-446.
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Citation |
| Fish, L., Barker, N.P., Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Ellisochloa papposa (Nees) P.M.Peterson & N.P.Barker. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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