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Scientific Name | Erica lepidota Rach |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2007/02/07 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner & D.A. Kamundi |
Justification | This species has a very large range (EOO 42 000 km²), however it is currently known from only five locations but with large disjunctions between them. We suspect that there are a number of undiscovered subpopulations of this species. This species is locally abundant in the areas where it is known, and not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Malmesbury to the Kamiesberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Sandstone and granite slopes. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by agriculture on the Piketberg and Gifberg, but this is only likely to affect subpopulations on flats and plateaus, not on slopes, which are not generally ploughed. Other subpopulations are not threatened. |
Population |
Subpopulations have been recorded on the Kamiesberg in Namaqualand, Gifberg near Vanrhynsdorp, Piketberg and the Paardeberg near Malmesbury. The species is locally common, often occurring in dense stands.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica lepidota Rach | Least Concern | 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.
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Citation |
| Turner, R.C. & Kamundi, D.A. 2007. Erica lepidota Rach. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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