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Scientific Name | Erica montis-hominis E.G.H.Oliv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D1+2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/02/07 |
Assessor(s) | E.G.H. Oliver, R.C. Turner, D. Raimondo & J.H. Vlok |
Justification | Only one location with about 550 plants is known. Potentially threatened by too frequent fires. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Mannetjiesberg in the Kammanassie Mountains, southeast of Oudtshoorn. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Kammanassie Sandstone Fynbos, North Kammanassie Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Rocky, upper mountain slopes and summits in fynbos. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by too frequent fire. |
Population |
Small, localized stands within the only known locality on the Mannetjiesberg Peak could be considered an single subpopulation.
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Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
| Protected in the Kammanassie Nature Reserve. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica montis-hominis E.G.H.Oliv. | VU D1+2 | 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 |
| Oliver, E.G.H., Turner, R.C., Raimondo, D. & Vlok, J.H. 2007. Erica montis-hominis E.G.H.Oliv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/08/20 |
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