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Scientific Name | Erica williamsiorum E.G.H.Oliv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2003/01/28 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner |
Justification | EOO< 213 km², AOO< 10 km², a locally common habitat specialist recorded at 10 locations. Potentially threatened by alien hakea and pinus invasions at all locations. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Southern Overberg from Hermanus to Napier. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Overberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Cool, moist, peaty, southern slopes, in dense restioid-ericoid vegetation. |
Threats |
| Invasive Alien Species (direct effects) |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica williamsiorum 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.
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. 2003. Erica williamsiorum E.G.H.Oliv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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