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Scientific Name | Schoenus crassus (Levyns) T.L.Elliott & Muasya |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | CYPERACEAE |
Synonyms | Tetraria crassa Levyns, Tetraria cuspidata (Rottb.) C.B.Clarke forma robustior Kük. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Taxonomically Problematic |
Assessment Date | 2006/10/30 |
Assessor(s) | G.A. Verboom & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Specimens are difficult to identify due to Levyns revision not being specific enough. This genus requires a revision before this species range can be determined. It is therefore listed as Data Deficient - Taxonomically Problematic (DDT). |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species occurs in Smitswinkel Bay, and Hottentots-Holland Mountains to Hangklip. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Description | Plants grow on lower mountain slopes. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Tetraria crassa Levyns | Data Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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.
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 |
| Verboom, G.A. & Raimondo, D. 2006. Schoenus crassus (Levyns) T.L.Elliott & Muasya. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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