Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Monopsis kowynensis E.Wimm.
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
LOBELIACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Vulnerable D2
Assessment Date
2005/08/31
Assessor(s)
J.E. Burrows, S.M. Burrows, M. Lötter & J.E. Victor
Justification
Three known locations are potentially threatened by alien plant invasion of the habitat.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Mpumalanga
Range
Mariepskop to Graskop and the Long Tom Pass.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Long Tom Pass Montane Grassland, Northern Escarpment Afromontane Fynbos
Description
Along forest margins in mistbelt grassland.
Threats
Invasive Alien Species (direct effects)
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Monopsis kowynensis E.Wimm.VU D2Raimondo et al. (2009)
Monopsis kowynensis E.Wimm.Lower Risk - Least Concern Victor (2002)
Monopsis kowynensis E.Wimm.Insufficiently Known Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Bibliography

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
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M. & Victor, J.E. 2005. Monopsis kowynensis E.Wimm. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13

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