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Scientific Name | Huttonaea oreophila Schltr. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ORCHIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2006/10/16 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A habitat specialist known from five subpopulations. No recorded threats. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Drakensberg Mountain Range in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Low Escarpment Moist Grassland, Lesotho Highland Basalt Grassland, uKhahlamba Basalt Grassland, Northern Drakensberg Highland Grassland, Southern Drakensberg Highland Grassland |
Description | High altitude, damp grasslands, 1300-2200 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Huttonaea oreophila Schltr. | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Linder, H.P. and Kurzweil, H. 1999. Orchids of southern Africa. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
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 |
| von Staden, L. 2006. Huttonaea oreophila Schltr. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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