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Scientific Name | Erica gillii Benth. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2012/09/21 |
Assessor(s) | A.L. Schutte-Vlok, D. Raimondo & L. von Staden |
Justification | A highly localized species (EOO 35 km²), with between four and six locations potentially threatened by competition from alien invasive plants. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Western end of the Outeniqua Mountains near Mossel Bay. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Outeniqua Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Fynbos, on high altitude sandstone slopes. |
Threats |
| A very small proportion (<5%) of this species' habitat has been transformed to timber plantations, and two subpopulations have been lost to timber plantations in the past (A.L. Schutte-Vlok pers. obs.). Timber plantations in this area are not economically viable and are unlikely to expand. Eighty five percent of this species' remaining habitat is protected within the Ruitersbos Provincial Nature Reserve. Some plants near the edge of the reserve are potentially threatened by competition from escaped pine seedlings into the habitat, and some areas around and within the reserve are densely infested with alien invasive hakeas. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica gillii Benth. | VU D2 | 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.
Oliver, E.G.H. and Oliver, I.M. 1994. Studies in the Ericoideae (Ericaceae). XIV. Notes on the genus Erica. Bothalia 24(1):25-30.
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.
Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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Citation |
| Schutte-Vlok, A.L., Raimondo, D. & von Staden, L. 2012. Erica gillii Benth. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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