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Scientific Name | Elegia acockii (Pillans) Moline & H.P.Linder |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | RESTIONACEAE |
Synonyms | Chondropetalum acockii Pillans |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(ii,iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2005/10/12 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & J.E. Victor |
Justification | EOO 425 km², known from five historical locations. Definitely extinct at Kraaifontein and Stellenbosch and extant at Riverlands Nature Reserve, where it is experiencing slow but continuing decline in habitat quality due to alien plant invasion. At Preekstoel and Kalbaskraal, small areas of intact habitat still remain between wheat fields. This species may still be extant in these fragments, but if extant would also be experiencing an ongoing threat from alien plant invasion, fertilizer runoff and too frequent fire. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cape Flats to Malmesbury. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Atlantis Sand Fynbos |
Description | Acid coastal sandy flats, 100-200 m. |
Threats |
| Pollution (affecting habitat and/or species), Invasive Alien Species (direct effects), Habitat degradation |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Elegia acockii (Pillans) Moline & H.P.Linder | EN B1ab(ii,iii,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Chondropetalum acockii Pillans | Endangered | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Chondropetalum acockii Pillans | Endangered | 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.
Smuts, L.M. 1994. Fact Sheet: Chondropetalum acockii. Information System For Endangered Plants (ISEP). Cape Nature Conservation.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D. & Victor, J.E. 2005. Elegia acockii (Pillans) Moline & H.P.Linder. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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