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Scientific Name | Erica latiflora L.Bolus |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2007/02/07 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner & D.A. Kamundi |
Justification | EOO 6 km² and AOO <1 km², only one location remains which is threatened by orchard and vineyard expansion, alien plant invasion and a lack of fire due to habitat fragmentation by orchards and plantations. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Elgin Valley. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Elgin Shale Fynbos |
Description | Shale soils. |
Threats |
| Extensive habitat loss to fruit orchards, vineyards, timber plantations, dam construction and competition from alien invasive plants have reduced this species to one remaining subpopulation on a single small fragment of natural vegetation, where the habitat continues to be degraded due to a lack of fire and alien plant invasion. |
Population |
A single subpopulation is known to remain, and is likely to continue to decline due to ongoing habitat loss and degradation as the site is not protected.
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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 latiflora L.Bolus | CR B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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.
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. & Kamundi, D.A. 2007. Erica latiflora L.Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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