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Scientific Name | Ficinia fastigiata (Thunb.) Nees |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | CYPERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2008/03/12 |
Assessor(s) | M. Muasya & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Known from two locations on the Cape Peninsula. Potentially threatened by too frequent fire affecting its shaded woody habitat. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cape Peninsula. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Peninsula Shale Fynbos, Peninsula Granite Fynbos |
Description | Base of shaded rocks on flats and lower slopes. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by too frequent fire. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ficinia fastigiata (Thunb.) Nees | VU D2 | 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.
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.
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. Ficinia fastigiata (Thunb.) Nees. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/31 |
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