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Scientific Name | Brachysiphon microphyllus Rourke |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | PENAEACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2006/03/15 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor |
Justification | A palaeoendemic occurring in a relictual habitat, known from two naturally disjunct subpopulations (EOO<500 km²). It has no known threats. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Touwsberg and Klein Swartberg Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Swartberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Rocky outcrops. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Brachysiphon microphyllus Rourke | Rare | 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.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity 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.
Rourke, J.P. 1995. A new species of Brachysiphon (Penaeaceae) from the southern Cape, South Africa. Nordic Journal of Botany 15(1):63-66.
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Citation |
| Victor, J.E. 2006. Brachysiphon microphyllus Rourke. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/19 |
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