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Scientific Name | Erica salicina E.G.H.Oliv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
Synonyms | Erica viminalis E.G.H.Oliv., not Erica viminalis Salisb. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered D |
Assessment Date | 2007/02/11 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner, E.G.H. Oliver, N.A. Helme & D. Pillay |
Justification | An extremely localized, montane species (EOO <10 km²), growing on the margins of a fire refuge. Only 10 plants are known and there is no known decline, however it is potentially vulnerable to frequent fire, as it is a slow growing, long-lived reseeder. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Hex River Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Hex Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Fynbos, on moist rock ledges on cliffs. |
Threats |
| This species is potentially vulnerable to too-frequent fire, as it is a long-lived, single-stemmed species, known only from 10 plants at one locality. |
Population |
This is an extremely localised, montane species, growing on the margins of a fire refuge (base of huge, damp cliffs). Only 10 plants are known, but the population is not currently declining.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica salicina E.G.H.Oliv. | CR D | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Oliver, E.G.H. 2004. Nomenclatural changes in Erica. Bothalia 34(1):38.
Oliver, E.G.H. and Oliver, I.M. 2001. Four new species of Erica (Ericaceae) from the Western Cape, South Africa. Bothalia 31(1):1-8.
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., Helme, N.A. & Pillay, D. 2007. Erica salicina E.G.H.Oliv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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