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Scientific Name | Triglochin bulbosa L. subsp. quarcicola Mering, Köcke & Kadereit |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | JUNCAGINACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2014/05/01 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A localized habitat specialist (EOO 114 km², AOO <20 km²), known from three locations and potentially threatened by habitat loss to mining. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Knersvlakte. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Knersvlakte Quartz Vygieveld |
Description | Saline quartz patches on the dry slopes of koppies. |
Threats |
| There is renewed mining pressure on the Knersvlakte, and a number of mining applications are currently under review (N.A. Helme pers. comm.). One known location is adjacent to a disused mine, but this area is now formally protected. Subpopulations on neighbouring properties are however still vulnerable to habitat loss to mining. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Triglochin bulbosa L. subsp. quarcicola Mering, Köcke & Kadereit | VU D2 | 2014.1 | |
Bibliography |
Köcke, A.V., Von Meiring, S., Mucina, L. and Kadereit, J.W. 2010. Revision of the Mediterranean and southern African Triglochin bulbosa complex (Juncaginaceae). Edinburgh Journal of Botany 67(3):353-398.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2014. Triglochin bulbosa L. subsp. quarcicola Mering, Köcke & Kadereit. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/24 |
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