| IUCN Species Information Service (SIS) Toolkit |
| Assessment Report | |
| Taxonomy | ||||
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| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
| PLANTAE | TRACHEOPHYTA | POLYPODIOPSIDA | POLYPODIALES | THELYPTERIDACEAE |
| Scientific Name: | Metathelypteris burrowsiorum |
| Species Authority: | N.R.Crouch |
| Common Name/s: - | |
| Synonym/s: | Thelypteris burrowsiorum (N.R.Crouch) Christenh. |
| Taxonomic Notes: | - |
| Assessment Information | |
|---|---|
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Vulnerable D2 |
| Year Assessed: | - |
| Assessor/s: | Braun, K. |
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| Justification: Metathelypteris burrowsiorum is known from only one locality, and based on its very restricted area of occupancy and extent of occurrence, has been assessed as Vulnerable under Criterion D2. At the time of assessment, there was no information available on any threats to this population. Date last seen: 2006 | |
| History: | - |
| Geographic Range | |
|---|---|
| Range Description: | This species has only been found in one locality in the Lubombo Mountains in Eswatini. The locality is close to the border with Mozambique, so it is possible that this plant might also be found in Mozambique. |
| Countries: | Native: Eswatini; |
| Population | |
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| Population: | There is currently no population survey information available for this species, it is known from one record. |
| Population Trend: | Unknown |
| Habitat and Ecology | |
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| Habitat and Ecology: | This species is a terrestrial plant, found on soils derived from underlying rhyolite of the Jozini Formation, in a seasonally dry stream bed protected from the erosive action of floodwater by a boulder. It is found in the savanna biome, within vegetation type Southern Lebombo Bushveld (SVI16) (Mucina et. al. 2018). |
| List of Habitats: | 2 Savanna 2.2 Savanna - Moist |
| Threats | |
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| Major Threat(s): | At the time of assessment there were no known threats to this species. |
| List of Threats: | - |
| Conservation Actions | |
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| Conservation Actions: | The locality of this species does not fall within any formal protected area. |
| List of Conservation Actions: | - |
| Bibliography | |
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| Bachman
S, Moat J, Hill AW, de la Torre J, Scott B. 2011. Supporting Red List
threat assessments with GeoCAT geospatial conservation tool. In: Smith
V, Penev L (Eds) e-Infrastructure for data publishing in biodiversity
science. . ZooKeys 150: 117-126. Mucina, L., Rutherford, M.C. and Powrie, L.W. (Editors). 2018. The Vegetation Map of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Available at: http://bgis.sanbi.org/Projects/Detail/186. | |
| Citation: | - |