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Scientific Name | Cyclopia alopecuroides A.L.Schutte |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(v)+2ab(v) |
Assessment Date | 2011/06/03 |
Assessor(s) | J.H. Vlok & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO <70 km², three locations known. Plants on the Kammanassie Mountain are reseeders, while those on the Groot Swartberg resprout after fire. Harvesting for honey bush tea is causing continuing decline to the reseeders, which, unlike the resprouting subpopulations, are unable to cope with harvesting pressure. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Groot Swartberg and Kammanassie Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Swartberg Altimontane Sandstone Fynbos, Central Inland Shale Band Vegetation |
Description | Subalpine montane fynbos occurring on shale bands, 1 500-2 000 m. |
Threats |
| The subpopulation on the Kammanassie (the reseeding form of this species) is known from less than 500 plants and is being targeted by the honey bush tea industry.
Subpopulations on Swartberg are the resprouting form and are not threatened. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cyclopia alopecuroides A.L.Schutte | EN B1ab(v) | 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.
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.
Schutte, A.L. 1997. Systematics of the genus Cyclopia Vent. (Fabaceae, Podalyrieae). Edinburgh Journal of Botany 54(2):125-170.
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Citation |
| Vlok, J.H. & Raimondo, D. 2011. Cyclopia alopecuroides A.L.Schutte. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2020.1. Accessed on 2022/05/16 |
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