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Scientific Name | Erica hanekomii E.G.H.Oliv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered D |
Assessment Date | 2012/10/01 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner & L. von Staden |
Justification | An extremely localized species (EOO 0.21 km²), known from a single subpopulation of about 100 mature individuals and potentially threatened by too frequent fire. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cederberg Mountains, Middelberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Cederberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Rocky sandstone ridges. |
Threats |
| Too frequent fire is threatening this species. The population has burnt at least four times within 15 years (Turner et al. 2011). |
Population |
Erica hanekomii is an extremely localized species, known from one small subpopulation occurring across a single ridge. All or parts of the population has burnt four times in 15 years, the most recent fire occurring in 2009. The population currently consists of 100 mature individuals and several seedlings/juveniles, totalling about 500 individuals (Turner et al. 2011), but is not declining.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica hanekomii E.G.H.Oliv. | VU D1+2 | 2012.1 | | Erica hanekomii 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.
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.
Turner, R.C., Midgley, J.J. and Johnson, S.D. 2011. Evidence for rodent pollination in Erica hanekomii (Ericaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 166(2):163-170.
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Citation |
| Turner, R.C. & von Staden, L. 2012. Erica hanekomii E.G.H.Oliv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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