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Scientific Name | Erica umbratica E.G.H.Oliv. & I.M.Oliv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Rare |
Assessment Date | 2018/11/14 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner & E.G.H. Oliver |
Justification | Only one site with about 100 plants is known, but there may be more individuals on unexplored areas of this species' inaccessible habitat. Although highly range restricted, it is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Meiring's Poort, in the Groot Swartberg Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Swartberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Northeast-facing, dry, shady crevices of sheer cliff faces. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica umbratica E.G.H.& I.M.Oliv. | Critically Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Oliver, E.G.H. and Oliver, I.M. 2002. Six new species and one new subspecies of Erica (Ericaceae) from Western Cape, South Africa. Bothalia 32(2):167-180.
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. 2018. Erica umbratica E.G.H.Oliv. & I.M.Oliv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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