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Scientific Name | Erica calcareophila E.G.H.Oliv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
Common Names | Limestone Heath (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2012/08/19 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner & L. von Staden |
Justification | EOO 0.4 km², plants at one known location are potentially threatened by competition from alien invasive plants and power plant construction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Pearly Beach. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Agulhas Limestone Fynbos |
Description | Limestone boulders, cliff faces and ridge tops. |
Threats |
| Alien invasive wattles are present in low densities on the limestone ridges of Groot Hagelkraal, but is being managed. Ongoing management is however necessary to prevent alien plants from spreading and becoming a threat to this species. The site is one of a number of sites under consideration for the construction of a new nuclear power plant for the Western Cape, but no final decisions have been taken yet. |
Population |
The species is known from a single subpopulation, where it is locally common within a restricted, specialized habitat.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica calcareophila E.G.H.Oliv. | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Erica calcareophila E.G.H.Oliv. | Not Threatened | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Baker, H.A. and Oliver, E.G.H. 1967. Ericas in southern Africa. Purnell, Cape Town & Johannesburg.
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. 1967. Three new species of Erica. Journal of South African Botany 33(3):197-204.
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.
Schumann, D., Kirsten, G. and Oliver, E.G.H. 1992. Ericas of South Africa. Fernwood Press, Cape Town.
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Citation |
| Turner, R.C. & von Staden, L. 2012. Erica calcareophila E.G.H.Oliv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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