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Scientific Name | Erica viridimontana E.G.H.Oliv. & I.M.Oliv. subsp. viridimontana |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered B1ab(iii,iv)+2ab(iii,iv); C2a(ii) |
Assessment Date | 2008/04/11 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner & E.G.H. Oliver |
Justification | Only one population of fewer than 250 plants and with an EOO and AOO<7 km² is known. Declining due to too frequent fire and potentially threatened by alien pine and hakea invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Groenlandberg east of Grabouw. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Moist upper slopes in fynbos. |
Threats |
| Habitat degradation, Invasive Alien Species (direct effects) |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica viridimontana E.G.H.& I.M.Oliv. subsp. viridimontana | CR B1ab(iii,iv)+2ab(iii,iv); C2a(ii) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Oliver, E.G.H. and Oliver, I.M. 2005. The genus Erica (Ericaceae) in southern Africa: taxonomic notes 2. Bothalia 35(2):121-148.
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. 2008. Erica viridimontana E.G.H.Oliv. & I.M.Oliv. subsp. viridimontana. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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