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Scientific Name | Elegia macrocarpa (Kunth) Moline & H.P.Linder |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | RESTIONACEAE |
Synonyms | Chondropetalum macrocarpum (Kunth) Pillans, Dovea macrocarpa Kunth |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2013/07/23 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread and common in montane areas where it is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cederberg, Piketberg and Koue Bokkeveld mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Well-drained sandy soils along areas of bedrock on sandy mountain plateaux, less commonly on steep stony slopes. |
Population |
Locally very common in suitable habitat (Linder 2011).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Elegia macrocarpa (Kunth) Moline & H.P.Linder | Least Concern | 2014.1 | |
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.
Linder, H.P. 1985. Conspectus of the African species of Restionaceae. Bothalia 15(3&4):387-503.
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.
Moline, P.M., Linder, H.P. and Manos, P.S. 2005. Molecular phylogeny and generic delimitation in the Elegia group (Restionaceae, South Africa) based on a complete taxon sampling and four chloroplast DNA regions. Systematic Botany 30(4):759-772.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2013. Elegia macrocarpa (Kunth) Moline & H.P.Linder. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/01 |
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