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Scientific Name | Erica glandulifera Klotzsch |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2012/09/26 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted species (EOO 1218 km²), with some subpopulations threatened by habitat loss to agricultural expansion. The majority of the population however occur in protected montane areas and is unlikely to decline to extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cederberg Mountains to Ceres. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Sandy flats at fynbos-renosterveld ecotones to mid to upper rocky slopes. |
Threats |
| A few subpopulations on flats in the Koue Bokkeveld area are threatened by habitat loss to expanding fruit orchards, dam construction and competition from alien invasive plants. However, the majority of collections (75%) are from mid to upper mountain slopes, where plants are not threatened. Although declining in some areas, this species is unlikely to be in danger of extinction. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica glandulifera Klotzsch | Threatened | 2012.1 | | Erica glandulifera Klotzsch | Threatened | 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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2012. Erica glandulifera Klotzsch. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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