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Scientific Name | Monopsis variifolia (Sims) Urb. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | LOBELIACEAE |
Synonyms | Lobelia variifolia Sims, Parastranthus variifolius (Sims) G.Don |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered A2bc; B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2007/05/03 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A population reduction of at least 50% is estimated based on a >60% habitat loss to wheat cultivation and vineyards over the past 100 years (generation length 50 years). EOO 205 km², AOO <205 km², habitat quality at three known remaining locations continue to decline due to alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Porterville to Wolseley. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Swartland Shale Renosterveld, Breede Shale Renosterveld, Swartland Granite Renosterveld, Swartland Silcrete Renosterveld, Swartland Alluvium Fynbos, Breede Alluvium Fynbos |
Description | Damp clay flats. |
Threats |
| More than 60% of this species' habitat has been lost to wheat and vineyard cultivation within the past 100 years, and although only small fragments of natural vegetation remains, loss and degradation is ongoing, particularly due to invasion by alien invasive plants. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Monopsis variifolia (Sims) Urb. | EN A2bc; B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Monopsis variifolia (Sims) Urb. | VU B1B2cD2 | Victor (2002) | |
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.
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 |
| Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Monopsis variifolia (Sims) Urb. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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