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Scientific Name | Roella uncinata C.N.Cupido |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | CAMPANULACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2014/05/19 |
Assessor(s) | C.N. Cupido & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A localized species (EOO <10 km²) that occurs in well-protected montane fynbos. It is however vulnerable to inappropriate fire management and competition from alien invasive plants. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Kleinrivier Mountains near Hermanus. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Overberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Full sun on sandstone slopes. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by competition from alien plants and lack of fire. |
Population |
This species requires fire to flower and appears to decline in areas where fire is excluded for long periods of time.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Roella uncinata C.N.Cupido | VU D2 | 2014.1 | |
Bibliography |
Cupido, C.N. 2010. A new species of Roella (Campanulaceae) from Western Cape, South Africa. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 67(3):425-430.
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Citation |
| Cupido, C.N. & Raimondo, D. 2014. Roella uncinata C.N.Cupido. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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