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Scientific Name | Erica humansdorpensis Compton |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2007/02/06 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO <50 km², one known location. Severely threatened by agriculture (pasture cultivation), livestock grazing and urban expansion on the Humansdorp plain. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Humansdorp. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Kouga Grassy Sandstone Fynbos, Tsitsikamma Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Coastal flats in fynbos. |
Threats |
| This species is experiencing ongoing threats from agriculture, grazing, urban expansion and a severe threat from alien invasive Acacia cyclops and Acacia saligna. |
Population |
The only known subpopulation is confined to a small area at the side of the N2 highway.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Conservation |
| Not currently conserved in any formally protected area. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica humansdorpensis Compton | CR B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Erica humansdorpensis Compton | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
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.
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. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Erica humansdorpensis Compton. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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