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Scientific Name | Erica granulatifolia H.A.Baker |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2012/09/28 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner, E.G.H. Oliver & L. von Staden |
Justification | A rare species, known from two locations, with an EOO 28 km², and potentially threatened by alien plant invasion, frequent fire and drought-related mortality events. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Langeberg Mountains between Heidelberg and Riversdale. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Sandstone slopes in fynbos. |
Threats |
| One subpopulation is potentially threatened by too frequent fire as the area has burnt twice in the past eight years. Both locations have exotic pine plantations nearby and escaping pine seedlings could potentially outcompete native plants if left unmanaged. This species is also possibly sensitive to drought. |
Population |
Known from two subpopulations on two of the highest peaks in the Langeberg, approximately 38 km apart.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica granulatifolia H.A.Baker | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Erica granulatifolia H.A.Baker | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Erica granulatifolia H.A.Baker | Rare | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
Baker, H.A. 1973. New taxa in the genus Erica. Journal of South African Botany 39(3):205-211.
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.
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Citation |
| Turner, R.C., Oliver, E.G.H. & von Staden, L. 2012. Erica granulatifolia H.A.Baker. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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