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Scientific Name | Ficinia anceps Nees |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | CYPERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2008/03/11 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & M. Muasya |
Justification | A range-restricted species (EOO 230 km²), known from 11 subpopulations scattered across the Cape Peninsula. Not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cape Peninsula. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Overberg Dune Strandveld, Southern Afrotemperate Forest, Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos, Peninsula Granite Fynbos, Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
Description | Rocky cliffs. |
Threats |
| No threats: this species occurs in an inaccessible and protected habitat. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
| Protected in the Table Mountain National Park. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ficinia anceps Nees | Rare | 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 |
| Helme, N.A. & Muasya, M. 2008. Ficinia anceps Nees. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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