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Scientific Name | Thamnochortus karooica H.P.Linder |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | RESTIONACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/02/07 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo |
Justification | A range-restricted species (EOO <250 km²), known from four subpopulations. Potentially threatened by harvesting and habitat degradation due to livestock overgrazing. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Northern slopes of the Langeberg and the Warmwatersberg Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | North Outeniqua Sandstone Fynbos, North Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Lower dry north-facing slopes, on transitional soils between sandstone and shale. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by thatch harvesting and overgrazing. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Thamnochortus karooica H.P.Linder | 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.
Linder, H.P. 2011. The African Restionaceae: an Interactive Key identification and description system. Version 6. http://www.systbot.uzh.ch/Bestimmungsschluessel/Restionaceae_en.html. Downloaded.
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 |
| Raimondo, D. 2007. Thamnochortus karooica H.P.Linder. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/22 |
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