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Scientific Name | Erica floccifera Zahlbr. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
Synonyms | Erica floccosa Bartl. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2012/10/02 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner & L. von Staden |
Justification | EOO 905 km², plants at between six and nine known locations continue to decline due to competition from unmanaged alien invasive plants. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Riviersonderend Mountains around Genadendal, Caledon Swartberg, Babilonstoring and Kleinrivier Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos, North Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos, Overberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Lower to middle south- and north-facing slopes. |
Threats |
| At least six known locations are in areas with moderate to dense alien invasive infestations, particularly pines on the southern slopes of the Riviersonderend Mountains, and hakeas on the Babilonstoring and Kleinrivier Mountains. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica floccifera Zahlbr. | Least Concern | 2012.1 | | Erica floccifera Zahlbr. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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.
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. & von Staden, L. 2012. Erica floccifera Zahlbr. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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