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Scientific Name | Elegia recta (Mast.) Moline & H.P.Linder |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | RESTIONACEAE |
Synonyms | Chondropetalum rectum (Mast.) Pillans, Dovea recta Mast. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2005/02/16 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO<15 000 km², known from fewer than 20 locations. Declining due to crop cultivation, coastal and urban development, livestock overgrazing and alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Malmesbury to Agulhas Plain. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Langebaan Dune Strandveld, Saldanha Flats Strandveld, Swartland Shale Renosterveld, Eastern Ruens Shale Renosterveld, Central Ruens Shale Renosterveld, Ruens Silcrete Renosterveld, Overberg Sandstone Fynbos, Agulhas Sand Fynbos, Hangklip Sand Fynbos, Cape Flats Sand Fynbos, Atlantis Sand Fynbos, Lourensford Alluvium Fynbos, Swartland Alluvium Fynbos, Breede Alluvium Fynbos |
Description | Seasonally waterlogged habitats, over a wide range of soils including shale or acid coastal sands. |
Threats |
| Habitat destruction due to agriculture and urban development e.g. Durbanville, Strand Gordon's Bay and on the Agulhas plain etc - past, present and future moderate to severe threat throughout range. Seasonal wet habitats are being drained for agriculture, this is a moderate, past present and future threat to this species. Alien invasion is a threat in many habitats, Acacia saligna (moderate to severe). Grazing and trampling in certain areas is a moderate, past present and future. Alien grasses are an additional threat to this species e.g. lolium. |
Population |
New subpopulation have been recently discovered.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Elegia recta (Mast.) Moline & H.P.Linder | NT B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Chondropetalum rectum (Mast.) Pillans | Vulnerable | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Chondropetalum rectum (Mast.) 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 |
| Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2005. Elegia recta (Mast.) Moline & H.P.Linder. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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