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Scientific Name | Erica jananthus E.G.H.Oliv. & I.M.Oliv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D1 |
Assessment Date | 2007/02/06 |
Assessor(s) | J.H. Vlok & R.C. Turner |
Justification | Known from one subpopulation of fewer than 500 plants. Not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Snyberg peaks in the eastern part of the Groot Swartberg range. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Swartberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Fynbos, in rock crevices on south-facing, small, rocky ridges and outcrops that are shaded for most of the day. |
Threats |
| No severe threats. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
| Protected in the Swartberg (Groot Swartberg) Nature Reserve. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica jananthus E.G.H.Oliv. & I.M.Oliv. | VU D1 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Oliver, E.G.H. and Oliver, I.M. 2004. Two new species of Erica (Ericaceae); one from Western Cape and one from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Bothalia 34(1):11-15.
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.
Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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Citation |
| Vlok, J.H. & Turner, R.C. 2007. Erica jananthus 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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