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Scientific Name | Erica cryptanthera Guthrie & Bolus |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2006/05/25 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner |
Justification | Very poorly known but with a relatively wide distribution (EOO ± 3 000 km²), with too few recent collections to accurately assess it. All subpopulations need to be relocated and assessed. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Franschhoek Pass, Hottentots Holland Mountains, and from Kogelberg to the Riviersonderend Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Shaded areas under rocky overhangs. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica cryptanthera Guthrie & Bolus | Data Deficient | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Erica cryptanthera Guthrie & Bolus | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Erica cryptanthera Guthrie & Bolus | Uncertain | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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. 2006. Erica cryptanthera Guthrie & Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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