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Scientific Name | Elegia prominens Pillans |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | RESTIONACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2006/09/11 |
Assessor(s) | H.P. Linder, J.E. Victor & R.C. Turner |
Justification | EOO < 2500 km², this coastal foreland species has lost at least nine historical locations to urban development and is now known from five to 10 locations. Threatened at all except the Cape Point subpopulation by alien plant invasion and ongoing urban development. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Malmesbury to Bredasdorp. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Overberg Dune Strandveld, Cape Flats Dune Strandveld, Agulhas Sand Fynbos, Hangklip Sand Fynbos, Cape Flats Sand Fynbos, Atlantis Sand Fynbos |
Description | Acid coastal sands in well-drained and damp sites, 50-200 m. |
Threats |
| Threats include: Urban expansion in greater Cape Town in the past, and current and severe expansion at Pearly beach.
Invasive Acacia cyclops and Acacia saligna are still severe threats at Pearly Beach, Ratelrivier & Rietfontein.
Agriculture is a threat to this species. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Elegia prominens Pillans | VU B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Elegia prominens Pillans | Vulnerable | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Elegia prominens Pillans | Vulnerable | Hall et al. (1980) | |
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.
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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 |
| Linder, H.P., Victor, J.E. & Turner, R.C. 2006. Elegia prominens Pillans. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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