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Scientific Name | Erica utriculosa L.Bolus |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2007/02/12 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner & D.A. Kamundi |
Justification | Widespread and common in the mountains of the southern Western Cape where it is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cape Peninsula to Akkedisberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Steep south-facing rocky slopes. |
Threats |
| Some subpopulations, e.g. on the Klein Rivier Mountains are threatened by competition from alien invasive plants (R.C. Turner, pers. obs.), but this is unlikely to cause the extinction of this species. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
| Protected in Table Mountain National Park and Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica utriculosa L.Bolus | Least Concern | 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.
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Citation |
| Turner, R.C. & Kamundi, D.A. 2007. Erica utriculosa L.Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/11 |
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