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Scientific Name | Xiphotheca phylicoides A.L.Schutte & B.-E.van Wyk |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered B1ab(ii,iii) |
Assessment Date | 2005/04/20 |
Assessor(s) | A.L. Schutte-Vlok & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO 70 km², three small, severely fragmented subpopulations remain. Declining at one location due to alien hakea invasion and another is threatened by expanding forestry plantations. The third, the smallest subpopulation of about 10 plants, is protected in a nature reserve. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Outeniqua Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Garden Route Shale Fynbos, Central Coastal Shale Band Vegetation |
Description | Fynbos slopes on shale bands. |
Threats |
| One population (Klein-Moerasrivier, consisting of about 100 plants) is threatened by Hakea and another (Ruitersbos, approximately 30 plants) is threatened by pine plantations. The Attakwaskloof Nature Reserve subpopulation consists of about 10 plants, but this is the only safe one of the three subpopulations. There is a continuing decline in quality of habitat and AOO. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Conservation |
| The subpopulation in Attakwaskloof Nature Reserve is the only one conserved. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Xiphotheca phylicoides A.L.Schutte & B.-E.van Wyk | CR B1ab(ii,iii) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Xiphotheca phylicoides A.L.Schutte & B.-E.van Wyk | Vulnerable | 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. 2005. Xiphotheca phylicoides 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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