Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Erica insolitanthera H.A.Baker
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
ERICACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Vulnerable D2
Assessment Date
2007/02/06
Assessor(s)
R.C. Turner & E.G.H. Oliver
Justification
One location (EOO 9 km²), with fewer than 10 000 plants known. Potentially threatened by alien plant invasion.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Riviersonderend Mountains.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
North Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos
Description
Rocky, peaty slopes in fynbos, 1000-1500 m.
Threats
The southern slopes of the Riviersonderend Mountains are densely infested with alien invasive pines. Urgent clearing is required to prevent the decline of this and many other endemics.
Population

A localized endemic.


Population trend
Stable
Conservation
Protected in the Vrolijkheid (Riviersonderend) Nature Reserve.
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Erica insolitanthera H.A.BakerVU D2Raimondo et al. (2009)
Erica insolitanthera H.A.BakerRare Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Erica insolitanthera H.A.BakerRare 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.


Citation
Turner, R.C. & Oliver, E.G.H. 2007. Erica insolitanthera H.A.Baker. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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