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Scientific Name | Xiphotheca elliptica (DC.) A.L.Schutte & B.-E.van Wyk |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Synonyms | Priestleya elliptica DC. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened D2 |
Assessment Date | 2008/07/05 |
Assessor(s) | A.L. Schutte-Vlok & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A montane resprouter, known from seven small, sparse subpopulations. Likely to have lost subpopulations to vineyards and is now potentially threatened by alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Wemmershoek Mountains to Caledon Swartberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Montane fynbos on sandstone slopes, 360-1400 m. |
Threats |
| Some subpopulations may have been destroyed by vineyards in the past 200 years since it does not grow at very high altitudes. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Xiphotheca elliptica (DC.) A.L.Schutte & B.-E.van Wyk | NT D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Xiphotheca elliptica (DC.) A.L.Schutte & B.-E.van Wyk | Not Threatened | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
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.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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 |
| Schutte-Vlok, A.L. & Raimondo, D. 2008. Xiphotheca elliptica (DC.) A.L.Schutte & B.-E.van Wyk. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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