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Scientific Name | Nevillea singularis Esterh. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | RESTIONACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2008/04/30 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Known from one location. Potentially threatened by alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Riviersonderend Mountains above Genadendal. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Marsh on a shale band, and on the rocky slope directly below the shale band, possibly very wet in winter. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by competition from alien invasive plants. Although this highly localized species' habitat is still pristine, dense infestations on alien plants are present within 1 km of the population and alien plants tend to spread particularly along shale bands. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Nevillea singularis Esterh. | VU D2 | 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 |
| Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2008. Nevillea singularis Esterh. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/13 |
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