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Scientific Name | Erica hermani E.G.H.Oliv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(ii,iii,v)+2ab(ii,iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2012/10/01 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner, E.G.H. Oliver, D. Raimondo & L. von Staden |
Justification | EOO 8 km², plants at two to three remaining locations continue to decline due to ongoing habitat loss and degradation and competition from alien invasive plants. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Kleinrivier Mountains above Hermanus to Babilonstoring Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Overberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Fynbos, on sandy flats, lower mountain slopes and plateaus in coastal mountains. |
Threats |
| This species has declined due to urban expansion on the flats to the west of Fernkloof Nature Reserve since its first discovery in this area in the 1980s. Some plants remaining inside the reserve boundary occur within a firebreak, where regular brush cutting is detrimental to this delicate, single-stemmed species. Alien plants threaten both the subpopulations on the lower slopes of Fernkloof as well as on Babilonstoring. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica hermani E.G.H.Oliv. | CR B1ab(ii,iii,v)+2ab(ii,iii,v) | 2012.1 | | Erica hermani E.G.H.Oliv. | CR B1ab(ii,iii)+2ab(ii,iii) | 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. 1993. Studies in the Ericoideae (Ericaceae). XIII. Three new species of Erica from the southwestern Cape. Bothalia 23(1):9-14.
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., Raimondo, D. & von Staden, L. 2012. Erica hermani E.G.H.Oliv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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