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Scientific Name | Erica psittacina E.G.H.Oliv. & I.M.Oliv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
Common Names | Parrot Tree Erica (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered D |
Assessment Date | 2007/02/10 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner & L. von Staden |
Justification | A single subpopulation of about 100 plants is known at present. It is potentially threatened by a deleterious fire regime. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | Donnybrook, KwaZulu-Natal Midlands. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Drakensberg Foothill Moist Grassland, Southern Mistbelt Forest |
Description | Steep, southeast-facing slopes in long, narrow belts of dense, shrubby vegetation close to the margins of indigenous forest. |
Threats |
| Habitat degradation |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica psittacina E.G.H.Oliv. & I.M.Oliv. | EN D | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Boon, R. 2010. Pooley's Trees of eastern South Africa. Flora and Fauna Publications Trust, Durban.
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. & von Staden, L. 2007. Erica psittacina 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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