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Scientific Name | Erica natalensis Dulfer |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
Synonyms | Erica thodei Gilg, not Erica thodei Guthrie & Bolus |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) |
Assessment Date | 2015/05/07 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali & R.C. Turner |
Justification | Only known from the type collection, which came from Mont-Aux-Sources in the KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg. The area where it is thought to have been collected is degraded due to livestock overgrazing. Search efforts are ongoing, but have not been successful to date. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal |
Range | KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg, Mont-Aux-Sources, near the source of the Tugela River. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Drakensberg Afroalpine Heathland |
Description | Unknown. |
Threats |
| The summit of the Drakensberg above Tugela Falls is severely overgrazed, and grassland species diversity is much reduced, compared to the well-protected slopes below. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica natalensis Dulfer | Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) | 2015.1 | | Erica natalensis Dulfer | Data Deficient | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Dulfer, H. 1965. Revision der Sudafrikanischer Arten der Gattung Erica L. Teil 2. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 68:25-177.
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 |
| Mtshali, H. & Turner, R.C. 2015. Erica natalensis Dulfer. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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