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Scientific Name | Hypodiscus montanus Esterh. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | RESTIONACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered D |
Assessment Date | 2007/02/21 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner, P.A. Manyama & D.A. Kamundi |
Justification | Known from one extremely localized subpopulation of fewer than 250 plants. Potentially threatened by frequent fire, as well as by encroachment from scattered invasive alien pines and hakeas. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Langeberg, Goedgeloof Peak. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Shallow soils along sandstone ridges. |
Threats |
| Potentially vulnerable to inappropriate fire regimes as plants regenerate from seed. Scattered Pines and localized stands of Hakea on Goedegeloof Peak are a potential threat. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Hypodiscus montanus Esterh. | EN D | 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 |
| Turner, R.C., Manyama, P.A. & Kamundi, D.A. 2007. Hypodiscus montanus Esterh. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/22 |
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