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Scientific Name | Erica aneimena Dulfer |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
Synonyms | Erica hirsuta Klotzsch ex Benth. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2012/08/09 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner & L. von Staden |
Justification | EOO 121 km², plants at five to eight locations are threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation due to forestry plantations and competition from alien invasive plants. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | George, Outeniqua Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Outeniqua Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Lower cool, moist, south-facing sandstone slopes. |
Threats |
| About 30-50% of this species' habitat has been transformed to commercial timber plantations, and although plantations have been cleared in some areas, land cover data indicate that it has been largely expanding in the past 10-15 years. In areas where plantations have been cleared, as well as sites adjacent to existing plantations, subpopulations are threatened by extensive alien plant infestations, particularly exotic pine seedlings regenerating in cleared areas. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica aneimena Dulfer | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Erica aneimena Dulfer | Vulnerable | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Erica aneimena Dulfer | 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 |
| Turner, R.C. & von Staden, L. 2012. Erica aneimena Dulfer. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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