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Scientific Name | Cannomois anfracta H.P.Linder |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | RESTIONACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2012/10/15 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted species (EOO 181 km²), known from fewer than 10 locations and declining due to ongoing habitat loss to expanding agriculture on sandy flats. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Southern Olifants River Valley. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Winterhoek Sandstone Fynbos, Graafwater Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Well-drained lower sandstone slopes as well as deep sandy flats. |
Threats |
| Subpopulations occurring on deep sandy flats are threatened by ongoing habitat loss to crop cultivation - on three out of four farms where it has been recorded in the past there has been recent expansion of orchards, and on one, where the species was last recorded in 1938, it may already be locally extinct. Plants also occur in more rocky areas unsuitable to cultivation where they are unlikely to be threatened, and at least one subpopulation is protected within the Groot Winterhoek Wilderness area. |
Population |
Although range-restricted, this species forms quite extensive, but local populations (Linder 2011).
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cannomois anfracta H.P.Linder | VU B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) | 2013.1 | |
Bibliography |
Linder, H.P. 2011. New species and combinations in the African Restionaceae. South African Journal of Botany 77(2):415-424.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2012. Cannomois anfracta H.P.Linder. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/17 |
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