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Scientific Name | Passerina ericoides L. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | THYMELAEACEAE |
Synonyms | Chymococca empetroides Meisn. |
Common Names | Christmas Berry (e), Dronkbessie (a), Dronkbossie (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2012/12/20 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo, R.C. Turner, N.A. Helme & L. von Staden |
Justification | EOO 14 164 km², between 10 and 12 remaining locations continue to decline due to ongoing habitat loss and degradation as a result of coastal development and competition from alien invasive plants. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Vredenburg Peninsula to the Cape Peninsula, and eastwards to the Agulhas Plain. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Overberg Dune Strandveld, Cape Flats Dune Strandveld, Langebaan Dune Strandveld, Hangklip Sand Fynbos, Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
Description | Coastal sandy areas between rocks or in valleys between primary and secondary dunes. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss to coastal development and alien plant invasion. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Passerina ericoides L. | VU B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | 2012.1 | | Passerina ericoides L. | VU B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Passerina ericoides L. | Lower Risk - Near Threatened | Victor (2002) | |
Bibliography |
Bredenkamp, C.L. and Van Wyk, A.E. 2003. Taxonomy of the genus Passerina. Bothalia 33(1):59-98.
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.
Victor, J.E. 2002. South Africa. In: J.S. Golding (ed), Southern African plant Red Data Lists. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 14 (pp. 93-120), SABONET, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D., Turner, R.C., Helme, N.A. & von Staden, L. 2012. Passerina ericoides L. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/29 |
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