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Scientific Name | Erepsia pillansii (Kensit) Liede |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AIZOACEAE |
Synonyms | Kensitia pillansii (Kensit) Fedde, Mesembryanthemum pillansii Kensit |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2006/04/21 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme, C. Klak & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO and AOO<900 km², less than 10 locations are declining due to fruit, buchu and vineyard cultivation, alien pine invasion, resort development, dam construction and too frequent fire. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Piketberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Piketberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Sandstone fynbos above 700 m. |
Threats |
| Threats include orchards, buchu, vines, invasive alien species (esp. pines), development of resorts (including two N. Helme has been involved with), construction of large dams and too frequent fires. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erepsia pillansii (Kensit) Liede | VU B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Erepsia pillansii (Kensit) Liede | Indeterminate | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Kensitia pillansii (Kensit) Fedde | Uncertain | Hall et al. (1980) | |
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.
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical 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.
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Citation |
| Helme, N.A., Klak, C. & Raimondo, D. 2006. Erepsia pillansii (Kensit) Liede. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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