Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Erica malmesburiensis E.G.H.Oliv.
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
ERICACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Critically Endangered B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)
Assessment Date
2007/02/07
Assessor(s)
E.G.H. Oliver & R.C. Turner
Justification
EOO 10 km², AOO<250 m², only two severely fragmented subpopulations remain. Severe habitat destruction, mainly as a result of crop cultivation, has occurred over the past 100 years. The population is still declining as a result of alien plant invasion, livestock grazing and pasture and wheat cultivation.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Malmesbury.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Swartland Granite Renosterveld, Atlantis Sand Fynbos
Description
Fynbos, sandy, quartzitic flats.
Threats
Invasive Alien Species (direct effects), Habitat loss
Population
Population trend
Decreasing
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Erica malmesburiensis E.G.H.Oliv.CR B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)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.


Citation
Oliver, E.G.H. & Turner, R.C. 2007. Erica malmesburiensis E.G.H.Oliv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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