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Scientific Name | Erica lateriflora E.G.H.Oliv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
Synonyms | Grisebachia secundiflora E.G.H.Oliv., not Erica secundiflora Tausch |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/02/07 |
Assessor(s) | E.G.H. Oliver & R.C. Turner |
Justification | Three locations are known which are confined to the northern Koue Bokkeveld (EOO <400 km²). Some habitat has been transformed to fruit orchards, and this remains a potential threat. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | North-eastern Koue Bokkeveld. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Cederberg Sandstone Fynbos, Swartruggens Quartzite Fynbos |
Description | Sandy, quartzitic mountain plateaus and valley floors. |
Threats |
| The subpopulation at Rietvlei/Rosendal is threatened by habitat loss to agriculture (onions and orchards; past, present and future threat). |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
| Not currently conserved in any formally protected area. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica lateriflora E.G.H.Oliv. | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Grisebachia secundiflora E.G.H.Oliv. | Indeterminate | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
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.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Oliver, E.G.H. 1980. Studies in the Ericoideae. III. The genus Grisebachia. Bothalia 13(1):65-93.
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. 2007. Erica lateriflora E.G.H.Oliv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/07/06 |
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