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Scientific Name | Erica eriophoros Guthrie & Bolus |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2012/08/24 |
Assessor(s) | E.G.H. Oliver, R.C. Turner & L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted (EOO 345 km²), localized habitat specialist known from two to three locations and potentially threatened by too frequent fire. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Southern Cederberg to Gydoberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Winterhoek Sandstone Fynbos, Cederberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Sandy, quartzitic plateaus on mountain summits. |
Threats |
| This species occurs at high altitude in montane areas and its habitat is well protected. It is a reseeder and is however potentially sensitive to too frequent fire. The disappearance of this species from the Gydoberg is possibly linked to too frequent fire - this area has burnt twice within 10 years. Gideonskop in the Cederberg has burnt twice within four years, however, some plants did escape the fires. |
Population |
This species was first collected from the summit of the Gydoberg in the southern Koue Bokkeveld, but this subpopulation could not be relocated despite searches. It has also been recently recorded further north on two peaks in the southern Cederberg, where plants occur in small, localized subpopulations.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica eriophoros Guthrie & Bolus | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Erica eriophoros Guthrie & Bolus | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Erica eriophoros 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.
Schumann, D., Kirsten, G. and Oliver, E.G.H. 1992. Ericas of South Africa. Fernwood Press, Cape Town.
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Citation |
| Oliver, E.G.H., Turner, R.C. & von Staden, L. 2012. Erica eriophoros Guthrie & Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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