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Scientific Name | Gnidia ericoides C.H.Wright |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | THYMELAEACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2007/04/04 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner & N.A. Helme |
Justification | EOO <3500 km², known from fewer than five locations. Declining due to crop cultivation and infrastructure development. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Swellendam to Riversdale. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Mossel Bay Shale Renosterveld, Eastern Ruens Shale Renosterveld, Central Ruens Shale Renosterveld, Swellendam Silcrete Fynbos |
Description | Lower shale slopes. |
Threats |
| This species' habitat has been extensively transformed and fragmented by agricultural expansion and infrastructure development, and loss is continuing. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Conservation |
| Not currently conserved in any formally protected area. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Gnidia ericoides C.H.Wright | EN B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,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.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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.
Wright, C.H. 1925. Thymelaeaceae. In: W.T. Thiselton-Dyer (ed). Flora Capensis V Section II (Thymeleaceae-Ceratophylleae):1-81. L. Reeve & Co., Ltd., Ashford.
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Citation |
| Turner, R.C. & Helme, N.A. 2007. Gnidia ericoides C.H.Wright. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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