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Scientific Name | Erica modesta Salisb. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v); C2a(i) |
Assessment Date | 2008/04/30 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner, R. Koopman & E.G.H. Oliver |
Justification | EOO 170 km², AOO <20 km², four known locations. This is a very slow-growing and long-lived species (generation length 100 years) with fewer than 400 mature individuals plants known. Subpopulations typically have fewer than 50 mature individuals. Declining as a result of too frequent fire and alien invasive Pinus infestations. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Riviersonderend Mountains, from Jonaskop to Galgeberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos, North Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | South and north-facing rock faces and boulders from 700 m. |
Threats |
| This rare, slow-growing, long-lived species is primarily threatened by too frequent fire, but also by competition from alien invasive plants on the southern slopes of the Riviersonderend Mountains. |
Population |
Four subpopulations, occurring on steep upper slopes are known. Two subpopulations have been surveyed and are very small, consisting of approximately 50 and 30 mature individuals each, and the total population size is estimated to be less than 400 mature individuals.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica modesta Salisb. | EN B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v); C2a(i) | 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., Koopman, R. & Oliver, E.G.H. 2008. Erica modesta Salisb. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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