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Scientific Name | Isolepis pellocolea B.L.Burtt |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | CYPERACEAE |
Synonyms | Isolepis x pellocolea B.L.Burtt |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2008/03/11 |
Assessor(s) | M. Muasya & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Known from three sites and restricted to alpine bogs. Potentially threatened by overgrazing in Lesotho. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Drakensberg Mountain Range. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Lesotho Highland Basalt Grassland, uKhahlamba Basalt Grassland |
Description | Marshy ground at stream sides. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by trampling and overgrazing by cattle in Lesotho, the alpine bogs that this species occurs in are highly sensitive to disturbance. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Isolepis pellocolea B.L.Burtt | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
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Citation |
| Muasya, M. & Raimondo, D. 2008. Isolepis pellocolea B.L.Burtt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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