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Scientific Name | Erica hansfordii E.G.H.Oliv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered B1ab(i,ii,iii,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2012/10/01 |
Assessor(s) | E.G.H. Oliver, R.C. Turner & L. von Staden |
Justification | EOO 0.25 km², AOO 0.19 km², plants at one known location are threatened by ongoing habitat loss and degradation as a result of damming, drainage and obstruction of wetlands as well as expanding vineyards and spreading alien invasive plants. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Worcester, Slanghoek Valley. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Breede Alluvium Fynbos |
Description | Wetlands or in peaty soil with quartzitic gravel and sand on lower mountain slopes and flats. |
Threats |
| Threatened by ongoing habitat loss and degradation, primarily due to disruption of wetland drainage systems through damming and road construction, as well as vineyard expansion. Spreading alien invasive plants are also likely to adversely affect the water table of wetland systems. |
Population |
Known from a single wetland on one farm in the Slanghoek Valley, where the species is locally abundant.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica hansfordii E.G.H.Oliv. | CR B1ab(i,ii,iii,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,v) | 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.
Oliver, E.G.H. and Oliver, I.M. 1999. Notes on African plants: Two new species of Erica from Western Cape, South Africa. Bothalia 29(1):95-98.
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. & von Staden, L. 2012. Erica hansfordii E.G.H.Oliv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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