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Scientific Name | Carpha schlechteri C.B.Clarke |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | CYPERACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2009/02/19 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Known from two collections, both made before 1950. Habitat, locations and status of subpopulations are too poorly known to allocate it to a threat category. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Skurweberg and Koue Bokkeveld. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | North Hex Sandstone Fynbos, Winterhoek Sandstone Fynbos, Cederberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Unknown. |
Threats |
| As the exact location and habitat are unknown it is not possible to determine threats, however it is potentially threatened by dam construction as this is a common practise for supporting deciduous fruit farming, the main landuse within this area. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Carpha schlechteri C.B.Clarke | Data Deficient | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Carpha schlechteri C.B.Clarke | Lower Risk - Least Concern | Victor (2002) | | Carpha schlechteri C.B.Clarke | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Clarke, C.B. 1908. New genera and species of Cyperaceae. Kew Bulletin Add. Ser. 8:43.
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 |
| Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2009. Carpha schlechteri C.B.Clarke. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/31 |
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