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Scientific Name | Erica insignis E.G.H.Oliv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2007/02/06 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner & E.G.H. Oliver |
Justification | Localized habitat specialist, known from four large, naturally disjunct subpopulations. Not declining. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Anysberg, Prins se Kloof and Groot Swartberg Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | North Swartberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Rock faces and among large boulders and cracks on rocks. |
Threats |
| No known threats. |
Population |
A localized species, but subpopulations are large. One surveyed subpopulation consists of at leat 5000 plants (R.C. Turner, pers. obs. 2004).
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Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
| Groot Swartberg and Anysberg nature reserves. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica insignis E.G.H.Oliv. | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Erica insignis E.G.H.Oliv. | Rare | 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.
Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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Citation |
| Turner, R.C. & Oliver, E.G.H. 2007. Erica insignis E.G.H.Oliv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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