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Scientific Name | Empleuridium juniperinum Sond. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | CELASTRACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2021/07/16 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | This local endemic is known from four locations, and is potentially threatened by invasive alien plants, which are already present in low densities at some of these. It is therefore listed as Vulnerable under criterion D. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This Western Cape endemic occurs on the mountains between Villiersdorp and Houw Hoek. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos, Hawequas Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | It occurs on steep, peaty, southwest-facing slopes, 900 m. |
Threats |
| Scattered stands of alien invasive plants are present in this species' habitat. They could potentially spread and outcompete native species if left unmanaged. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Empleuridium juniperinum Sond. | 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.
Goldblatt, P., Tobe, H., Carlquist, S. and Patel, V.C. 1985. Familial position of the Cape genus Empleuridium. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 72(2):167-183.
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 |
| Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2021. Empleuridium juniperinum Sond. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/17 |
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