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Scientific Name | Cyphia oligotricha Schltr. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | LOBELIACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2008/04/23 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO < 170 km², four known locations are potentially threatened by agriculture and mining. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Knersvlakte. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Knersvlakte Quartz Vygieveld, Namaqualand Riviere |
Description | Seasonally waterlogged valleys and floodplains, in sandy soil. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by habitat loss to crop cultivation and limestone mining. There are currently prospecting applications on one of the farms on the Knersvlakte where this species was recorded in 2001. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cyphia oligotricha Schltr. | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Cyphia oligotricha Schltr. | Lower Risk - Least Concern | Victor (2002) | | Cyphia oligotricha Schltr. | Not Threatened | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Cyphia oligotricha Schltr. | Uncertain | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Victor, J.E. 2002. South Africa. In: J.S. Golding (ed), Southern African plant Red Data Lists. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 14 (pp. 93-120), SABONET, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D. 2008. Cyphia oligotricha Schltr. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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