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Scientific Name | Isolepis inconspicua (Levyns) J.Raynal |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | CYPERACEAE |
Synonyms | Scirpus inconspicuus Levyns |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2007/03/11 |
Assessor(s) | M. Muasya & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO 580 km², three known locations continue to decline due to ongoing habitat loss to urban expansion, agriculture (wheat and pasture cultivation) and alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cape Peninsula to Malmesbury and Strand. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos, Atlantis Sand Fynbos |
Description | Seasonally flooded areas on shallow soils. |
Threats |
| Most of this species' lowland habitat has been lost to urban and agricultural expansion, and only small fragments remain. The majority of these fragments are severely infested by alien invasive plants, which is causing continuing habitat degradation. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Isolepis inconspicua (Levyns) J.Raynal | EN B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Isolepis inconspicua (Levyns) J.Raynal | Data Deficient | Victor (2002) | | Isolepis inconspicua (Levyns) J.Raynal | Indeterminate | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
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.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Levyns, M.R. 1944. Notes on Scirpus and descriptions of three new species. Journal of South African Botany 10:25-32.
Muasya, A.M. and Simpson, D.A. 2002. A monograph of the genus Isolepis R.Br. (Cyperaceae). Kew Bulletin 57(2):257-362.
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.
Raynal, J. 1977. Notes Cypérologiques: 32. Le genre Isolepis R. Br. 1. Quelques espéces africaines. Adansonia 17:49-57.
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 |
| Muasya, M. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Isolepis inconspicua (Levyns) J.Raynal. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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