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Scientific Name | Platycaulos acutus Esterh. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | RESTIONACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/04/15 |
Assessor(s) | J.H. Vlok & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A range-restricted species (EOO <180 km²), known from two locations. Potentially threatened by road construction through seepage areas, flower picking and encroachment from invasive alien pines. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Langeberg Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Seeps along streams. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by road construction, flower picking and competition from alien invasive plants. |
Population |
This is one of the rarest species of Restionaceae, known from a single locality.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Platycaulos acutus Esterh. | 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.
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.
Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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Citation |
| Vlok, J.H. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Platycaulos acutus Esterh. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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