|
Scientific Name | Roella decurrens L'Hér. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | CAMPANULACEAE |
Synonyms | Roella glabra Poir. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/12/13 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Endemic to the eastern slopes of Table Mountain, known from fewer than five locations. Potentially threatened by a lack of fire and invasive alien plants. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cape Peninsula. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Peninsula Granite Fynbos |
Description | Wooded slopes. |
Threats |
| Although alien invasive plants on Table Mountain have been extensively cleared, alien plants require ongoing management and reinvasion remains a potential threat. Table Mountain has been subjected to very frequent fires in recent years, however, in the particular section where this species grows fire seldom occurs and is changing into forested slopes. This species is a short lived, low growing perennial and may be dependent on fire to maintain viable population sizes. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Roella decurrens L'Hér. | 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.
Helme, N.A. and Trinder-Smith, T.H. 2006. The endemic flora of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 72(2):205-210.
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.
|
Citation |
| Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Roella decurrens L'Hér. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
Comment on this assessment
