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Scientific Name | Erica turneri E.G.H.Oliv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/02/12 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner & N.A. Helme |
Justification | A recently discovered species known only from one location. Potentially threatened by alien pine and hakea invasions, which presently occur in low densities within the habitat. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Suurbraak Mountain near Barrydale. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | North Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Seepage areas at bases of rocks, on north-facing slopes. |
Threats |
| The population is not currently threatened and not suspected to be declining, however, scattered clumps of alien invasive plants are present in the area and could become a threat if not cleared or managed. Too frequent fire is also a potential threat on dry slopes. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
| Not recorded from any formally protected areas. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica turneri E.G.H.Oliv. | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Turner, R.C. and Oliver, E.G.H. 2006. Two new species of Erica (Ericaceae) from the Langeberg, Western Cape, South Africa. Bothalia 36(1):33-37.
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Citation |
| Turner, R.C. & Helme, N.A. 2007. Erica turneri E.G.H.Oliv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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