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Scientific Name | Erica erina (Klotzsch ex Benth.) E.G.H.Oliv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
Synonyms | Codonostigma erinus Klotzsch ex Benth., Syndesmanthus erinus (Klotzsch ex Benth.) N.E.Br., Syndesmanthus erinus (Klotzsch ex Benth.) N.E.Br. var. erinus, Syndesmanthus erinus (Klotzsch ex Benth.) N.E.Br. var. validus N.E.Br. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2012/08/24 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner & L. von Staden |
Justification | EOO 356 km², between five and seven locations are declining due to competition from alien invasive plants. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Babilonstoring and Kleinrivier mountains, and hills east of Stanford. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Overberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Rocky or sandy quartzitic hill and lower mountain slopes, often near seepage areas. |
Threats |
| Competition from alien invasive plants is a severe threat to this species, with four out of five recently surveyed subpopulations declining due to dense, unmanaged alien plant infestations. Two subpopulations known from historical records may already be locally extinct due to habitat degradation and competition from alien invasive plants. |
Population |
This species is known from between five and seven subpopulations, and recent observations of five subpopulations indicate that the population consists of several thousand plants. Six out of seven known locations are threatened and declining due to alien plant invasion, and two may already be extinct.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica erina (Klotzsch ex Benth.) E.G.H.Oliv. | EN B1ab(ii,iii,v) | 2012.1 | | Erica erina (Klotzsch ex Benth.) E.G.H.Oliv. | EN B1ab(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. 2000. Systematics of Ericeae (Ericaceae-Ericoideae): species with indehiscent and partially indehiscent fruits. Contributions from the Bolus Herbarium 19:1-483.
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 |
| Turner, R.C. & von Staden, L. 2012. Erica erina (Klotzsch ex Benth.) E.G.H.Oliv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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