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Scientific Name | Erica viridiflora Andrews subsp. redacta E.G.H.Oliv. & I.M.Oliv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered D |
Assessment Date | 2007/02/12 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner & E.G.H. Oliver |
Justification | A single population of approximately 100 plants is known. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Meiring's Poort near Oudtshoorn. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Swartberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Quartzitic, sandstone slab rock. |
Threats |
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Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica viridiflora Andrews subsp. redacta E.G.H.Oliv. & I.M.Oliv. | EN D | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Oliver, E.G.H. and Oliver, I.M. 2002. The genus Erica (Ericaceae) in southern Africa: taxonomic notes 1. Bothalia 32(1):37-61.
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 viridiflora Andrews subsp. redacta E.G.H.Oliv. & I.M.Oliv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/08/20 |
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