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Scientific Name | Erica navigatoris E.G.H.Oliv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/02/09 |
Assessor(s) | E.G.H. Oliver & R.C. Turner |
Justification | A high altitude species known from only two locations. There has been no recorded decline, but this species is potentially threatened by too frequent fire: Matroosberg has burnt twice within the last six years. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Matroosberg and Koue Bokkeveld Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Hex Sandstone Fynbos, Western Altimontane Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Fynbos, in rock outcrops on mountain summits. |
Threats |
| A high altitude species; no known decline, although potentially threatened by too frequent fire (Matroosberg has burnt twice within the past six years, and the Waboomsberg also burnt about five years ago). |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica navigatoris E.G.H.Oliv. | VU D2 | 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.
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 |
| Oliver, E.G.H. & Turner, R.C. 2007. Erica navigatoris E.G.H.Oliv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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