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Scientific Name | Erica anomala Hilliard & B.L.Burtt |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2006/05/23 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner & E.G.H. Oliver |
Justification | Known from five sites in the Drakensberg. A habitat specialist restricted to damp cliffs at very high altitudes. Not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg Mountains, from Giants Castle to Garden Castle and Mpendle and Underberg districts. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Mooi River Highland Grassland, uKhahlamba Basalt Grassland, Southern Drakensberg Highland Grassland |
Description | Montane grassland. Damp cliffs, rubble banks above stream gullies, sometimes in rock crevices near damp overhangs, 1900-2150 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica anomala Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Erica anomala Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | Lower Risk - Least Concern | Scott-Shaw (1999) | | Erica anomala Hilliard & B.L.Burtt | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
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.
Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.
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Citation |
| Turner, R.C. & Oliver, E.G.H. 2006. Erica anomala Hilliard & B.L.Burtt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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