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Scientific Name | Erica perplexa E.G.H.Oliv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered D |
Assessment Date | 2007/02/09 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner, E.G.H. Oliver & D. Pillay |
Justification | Restricted to a single kloof, with a population of approximately 20 plants. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Groenlandberg near Grabouw. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Seepage areas on southwest-facing slopes in kloofs. |
Threats |
| No threats. |
Population |
Only one, very small, localized subpopulation of about 20 plants is known, but the area is protected and the population is not suspected to be declining.
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Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
| Protected in the Groenlandberg section of the Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica perplexa E.G.H.Oliv. | CR D | 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., Oliver, E.G.H. & Pillay, D. 2007. Erica perplexa E.G.H.Oliv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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