Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Cyphia ranunculifolia E.Wimm.
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
LOBELIACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Critically Rare
Assessment Date
2005/07/04
Assessor(s)
D. Raimondo
Justification
Known from one subpopulation. Occurs in a rocky habitat within a protected area and is not threatened.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Pakhuis Pass, northern Cederberg.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Cederberg Sandstone Fynbos
Description
Cracks in rock slab.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Cyphia ranunculifolia E.Wimm.Critically Rare Raimondo et al. (2009)
Cyphia ranunculifolia E.Wimm.Data Deficient Victor (2002)
Cyphia ranunculifolia E.Wimm.Rare Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Cyphia ranunculifolia E.Wimm.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.


Citation
Raimondo, D. 2005. Cyphia ranunculifolia E.Wimm. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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