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Scientific Name | Schoenus graminifolius (Levyns) T.L.Elliott & Muasya |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | CYPERACEAE |
Synonyms | Tetraria graminifolia Levyns |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2006/09/13 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme, G.A. Verboom, D. Raimondo & R.C. Turner |
Justification | This species is known from one location and is potentially threatened by alien plant invasion. It therefore qualifies as Vulnerable under criterion D. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species occurs in the Cape Peninsula. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld, Peninsula Granite Fynbos |
Description | Plants grow in granite loams on slopes. |
Threats |
| It is potentially threatened by alien plant invasion, erosion and habitat degradation. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
| It is conserved at Table Mountain National Park. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Tetraria graminifolia Levyns | VU D2 | 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.
Helme, N.A. and Trinder-Smith, T.H. 2006. The endemic flora of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 72(2):205-210.
Levyns, M.R. 1947. Tetraria and related genera, with special reference to the flora of the Cape Peninsula. Journal of South African Botany 13:73-93.
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 |
| Helme, N.A., Verboom, G.A., Raimondo, D. & Turner, R.C. 2006. Schoenus graminifolius (Levyns) T.L.Elliott & Muasya. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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