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Scientific Name | Schoenus compactus (Levyns) T.L.Elliott & Muasya |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | CYPERACEAE |
Synonyms | Tetraria compacta Levyns |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Taxonomically Problematic |
Assessment Date | 2006/10/30 |
Assessor(s) | G.A. Verboom & D. Raimondo |
Justification | According to A. Verboom and C. Archer specimens of this species are difficult to identify due to Levyns revision not being specific enough. This genus requires a revision before this species distribution range can be adequately determined. It is therefore listed as Data Deficient - Taxonomically Problematic (DDT). |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species occurs from Cape Peninsula to Caledon. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Description | Plants grow on lower mountain slopes. |
Threats |
| Land degradation and human population expansion are threats to this species. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Conservation |
| It is conserved at Table Mountain National Park and De Hoop Nature Reserve. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Tetraria compacta Levyns | Data Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Tetraria compacta Levyns | Lower Risk - Least Concern | Victor (2002) | | Tetraria compacta Levyns | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Elliott, T.L. and Muasya, A.M. 2017. Taxonomic realignment in the southern African Tetraria (Cyperaceae, tribe Schoeneae; Schoenus clade). South African Journal of Botany 112:354-360.
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.
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 |
| Verboom, G.A. & Raimondo, D. 2006. Schoenus compactus (Levyns) T.L.Elliott & Muasya. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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