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Scientific Name | Erepsia simulans (L.Bolus) Klak |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | AIZOACEAE |
Synonyms | Lampranthus simulans L.Bolus |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2015/12/15 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | One known location is threatened by competition from alien invasive plants. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Agulhas Plain, Brandfontein. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Overberg Dune Strandveld |
Description | Coastal lowland sands. |
Threats |
| This species' habitat is infested with alien invasive plants, which are so dense in places that it is likely to be outcompeting native species. Clearing efforts are ongoing within the Agulhas National Park, but Australian wattle species are notoriously difficult to eradicate, and often increase in density with fires, when it re-emerges from the soil-stored seed bank. |
Population |
This species is known from only two collections from one location on the Agulhas Plain, where it was last recorded in 1995. It is very rarely seen as it emerges briefly in the first four years after fires. It may therefore be overlooked when populations are dormant in mature vegetation.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erepsia simulans (L.Bolus) Klak | CR B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v) | 2017.1 | | Erepsia simulans (L.Bolus) Klak | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Klak, C. 2003. New combinations, a new genus and five new species in the Aizoaceae. Bradleya 21:107-120.
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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2015. Erepsia simulans (L.Bolus) Klak. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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