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Scientific Name | Erica magnisylvae E.G.H.Oliv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/02/07 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner & E.G.H. Oliver |
Justification | Localized along one mountain ridge, EOO and AOO 2 km². The entire population was burnt in early 2006 during extensive fires in the southern Overberg. Frequent fire and alien plant invasion pose a potential threat. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Grootbos Nature Reserve, Gansbaai. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Agulhas Limestone Fynbos |
Description | Sandy soils over calcrete with sandstone intrusions. |
Threats |
| The small, localized population is protected in a well-managed private nature reserve. However, the entire population was killed in 2006 in a wildfire which burnt large areas of natural vegetation in and outside the reserve. Should fires reoccur within a short time frame, this species is likely to decline or become extinct within a very short time. Natural vegetation outside the reserve is extensively infested by alien invasive plants. Invasive species have been cleared inside the reserve, but requires ongoing management to prevent reinvasion. |
Population |
Erica magnisylvae has a small, extremely localized population.
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Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
| Protected in Grootbos Private Nature Reserve. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica magnisylvae 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.
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. 2007. Erica magnisylvae E.G.H.Oliv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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