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Scientific Name | Erica cyrilliflora Salisb. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2012/09/04 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden & D. Raimondo |
Justification | This extremely localized endemic to the Cape Peninsula (EOO 2 km², two known locations) declined in the past due to habitat loss to urban expansion and dam construction and is currently potentially threatened by competition from alien invasive plants and further dam construction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cape Peninsula, between Kommetjie and Simon's Town. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Marshy areas on streambanks or at the head of mountain streams. |
Threats |
| Declined in the past due to habitat loss to urban expansion and dam construction, however these threats have ceased as this species' remaining habitat is now protected. Further dam construction, for example enlargement of the Kleinplaas Dam, remains a potential threat. The lower reaches of both streams were densely invaded by alien wattles, which have been cleared, however alien clearing caused considerable damage to the streambanks - this species' habitat. Reinvading alien plants still remains a problem, and ongoing clearing and management is needed. |
Population |
Erica cyrilliflora is an extremely localized habitat specialist, occupying two adjacent streams on the Red Hill Plateau. Older records indicate that some plants may have been lost to urban expansion in the Kommetjie-Ocean View area in the past, as well as dam construction. Currently however, all remaining plants are protected within the Table Mountain National Park, and there are about 1500 plants along the stream above the Lewis Gray Dam, and another approximately 2000 plants in the Manelkloof.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica cyrilliflora Salisb. | EN A2ce; B1ab(ii,iii,iv)+2(ii,iii,iv) | 2012.1 | | Erica cyrilliflora Salisb. | EN A2ce; B1ab(ii,iii,iv)+2(ii,iii,iv) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Erica cyrilliflora Salisb. | Vulnerable | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Erica cyrilliflora Salisb. | Vulnerable | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
Baker, H.A. and Oliver, E.G.H. 1967. Ericas in southern Africa. Purnell, Cape Town & Johannesburg.
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.
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.
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.
Schumann, D., Kirsten, G. and Oliver, E.G.H. 1992. Ericas of South Africa. Fernwood Press, Cape Town.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. & Raimondo, D. 2012. Erica cyrilliflora Salisb. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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