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Scientific Name | Elegia verreauxii Mast. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | RESTIONACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2006/09/13 |
Assessor(s) | H.P. Linder, D. Raimondo & R.C. Turner |
Justification | EOO<5600 km², known from 11 severely fragmented subpopulations. Declining both within reserves due to severe alien plant invasion and outside of reserves due to habitat loss to crop cultivation and urban development. There has been an overall loss of at least 70% of its habitat. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Malmesbury to the Cape Flats and south-eastwards to Bredasdorp. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Overberg Dune Strandveld, De Hoop Limestone Fynbos, Agulhas Limestone Fynbos, Potberg Ferricrete Fynbos, Elim Ferricrete Fynbos, Albertinia Sand Fynbos, Agulhas Sand Fynbos, Hangklip Sand Fynbos, Cape Flats Sand Fynbos, Atlantis Sand Fynbos, Hopefield Sand Fynbos |
Description | Seasonally waterlogged acid coastal sands, 100-120 m. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss, Habitat degradation, Pollution (affecting habitat and/or species), Invasive Alien Species (direct effects) |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Elegia verreauxii Mast. | VU B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Elegia verreauxii Mast. | Vulnerable | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Elegia verreauxii Mast. | 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., Raimondo, D. & Turner, R.C. 2006. Elegia verreauxii Mast. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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