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Scientific Name | Erica micrandra Guthrie & Bolus |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2008/03/21 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner |
Justification | Known from three old herbarium collections made before 1954. It is likely to be threatened by to urban and agricultural expansion in the Ceres Valley. Not enough is known about the distribution, specific habitat or population status of this species to determine its status. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Ceres district. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Probably rocky slopes and flats in fynbos. |
Threats |
| Possibly threatened by habitat loss to urban, industrial and agricultural expansion. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica micrandra Guthrie & Bolus | Data Deficient | 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. 2008. Erica micrandra Guthrie & Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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