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Scientific Name | Isolepis pusilla Kunth |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | CYPERACEAE |
Synonyms | Isolepis atro-purpurea Nees, Isolepis tenuis (Spreng.) Schrad, Scirpus nanodes Levyns, Scirpus tenuis Spreng. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2008/03/11 |
Assessor(s) | M. Muasya & D. Raimondo |
Justification | This species was known from old collections from the Cape Peninsula and was assumed to be extinct. Since 2002, three new subpopulations have been discovered. One is in natural habitat (Riverlands) but two are very disjunct and in roadside depressions. More fieldwork is required to determine this species' distribution, dispersal ability and habitat. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cape Flats to Bokkeveld Escarpment. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Boland Granite Fynbos, Cape Flats Sand Fynbos, Breede Alluvium Fynbos |
Description | Shallow seasonal pans both natural and as a result of roadside disturbance. |
Threats |
| Urban expansion in the past lead to the loss of the Maitland subpopulation on the Cape Flats.
Crop cultivation is a past threat that resulted in extensive loss of habitat around Riverlands.
Invasive alien plants are a past and ongoing threat to subpopulations in the southern part of the range. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Isolepis pusilla Kunth | Data Deficient | 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.
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 pusilla Kunth. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/31 |
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