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Scientific Name | Elegia stokoei Pillans |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | RESTIONACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2006/09/13 |
Assessor(s) | H.P. Linder, R.C. Turner & D. Pillay |
Justification | EOO <10 000, a montane species from three disjunct regions and known from several subpopulations, it is likely to be undercollected. It has no recorded threats. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Elandskloof Mountains to Villiersdorp and Montagu. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Well-drained stony slopes on the hot, lower slopes of mountains. |
Threats |
| Slight potential threat from frequent fire as plants are killed by fire and regenerate from seed. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Elegia stokoei Pillans | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Elegia stokoei Pillans | Vulnerable | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Elegia stokoei 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., Turner, R.C. & Pillay, D. 2006. Elegia stokoei Pillans. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2024.1. Accessed on 2025/12/08 |
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