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Scientific Name | Anthochortus capensis Esterh. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | RESTIONACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2007/05/18 |
Assessor(s) | H.P. Linder & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A habitat specialist known from two sites on the Cape Peninsula (both protected) and one at Betty's Bay. It has no known threats. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cape Peninsula to Betty's Bay. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos, Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos, Hangklip Sand Fynbos |
Description | Permanent seeps. |
Threats |
| No threats: most subpopulations are protected. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
| Protected in the Table Mountain National Park and Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Anthochortus capensis Esterh. | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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. 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. 2007. Anthochortus capensis Esterh. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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