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Scientific Name | Erica caterviflora Salisb. var. glabrata Benth. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered C2a(i,ii); D |
Assessment Date | 2012/08/22 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner, E.G.H. Oliver, A.N. Hitchcock & L. von Staden |
Justification | Only seven plants are known, from three locations within 1 km² of one another. The species is threatened by trampling at all locations. It is therefore listed as Critically Endangered under criteria C and D. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species is found in Table Mountain. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Plants grow on damp, peaty rock ledges and cliff faces, 600-1 000 m. |
Threats |
| This slow growing, long-lived reseeder is threatened by trampling at all known localities. |
Population |
Only seven plants are known out of a total of 262 atlassed plants, at three out of the four known localities for Erica caterviflora.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Conservation |
| It is conserved in the Table Mountain National Park. |
Notes |
| Erica caterviflora var. glabrata is distinuguishable from var. caterviflora in the field by its entirely hairless flowers. Plants occur in mixed stands with var. caterviflora, but will be retained as a variant. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica caterviflora Salisb. var. glabrata Benth. | CR B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii); D | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Helme, N.A. and Trinder-Smith, T.H. 2006. The endemic flora of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 72(2):205-210.
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.
Schumann, D., Kirsten, G. and Oliver, E.G.H. 1992. Ericas of South Africa. Fernwood Press, Cape Town.
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Citation |
| Turner, R.C., Oliver, E.G.H., Hitchcock, A.N. & von Staden, L. 2012. Erica caterviflora Salisb. var. glabrata Benth. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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