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Scientific Name | Erica abbottii E.G.H.Oliv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2006/11/27 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner, A.T.D. Abbott & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Known from three locations that are potentially threatened by agriculture. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Umtamvuna to Mkambati. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Pondoland-Ugu Sandstone Coastal Sourveld |
Description | Grassland, marshes, moist seepage areas or alongside stream banks in permanently waterlogged black turf soil on rocky upper and summit slopes, 800-1000 m. |
Threats |
| 1) Grazing by cattle poses a current, direct threat to the species' habitat through trampling and eutrophication of waterways (R.C. Turner pers. obs., Port Edward).
2) General surrounding (not direct) habitat destruction and land degradation due to:
a) banana, sugar-cane and tea farming,
b) other cash crops. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
| Umtamvuna Nature Reserve and Mkambati Nature Reserve. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica abbottii E.G.H.Oliv. | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Erica abbottii E.G.H.Oliv. | VU | Scott-Shaw (1999) | | Erica abbottii E.G.H.Oliv. | Vulnerable | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.
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Citation |
| Turner, R.C., Abbott, A.T.D. & Victor, J.E. 2006. Erica abbottii E.G.H.Oliv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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