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Scientific Name | Erica aspalathoides Guthrie & Bolus |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2012/08/09 |
Assessor(s) | E.G.H. Oliver, R.C. Turner & L. von Staden |
Justification | This rare, range-restricted (EOO 845 km²), slow-growing habitat specialist (AOO <20 km²) is known from only seven locations and is potentially threatened by too frequent fire and drought. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cederberg to Koue Bokkeveld. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Winterhoek Sandstone Fynbos, Cederberg Sandstone Fynbos, Olifants Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Upper summit slopes, under damp, peaty overhangs and on rocky ledges. |
Threats |
| A slow-growing reseeder, this species is potentially threatened by too frequent fire. Mortality due to drought or too frequent fire has been observed on the Skurweberg (R.C. Turner, pers. obs., 2004 and 2005). |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica aspalathoides Guthrie & Bolus | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Erica aspalathoides Guthrie & Bolus | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Erica aspalathoides Guthrie & Bolus | Uncertain | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
Bolus, H., Guthrie, F. and Brown, N.E. 1909. Ericaceae. In: W.T. Thiselton-Dyer (ed). Flora Capensis IV Section I (Vacciniaceae to Gentianeae):2-418. Lovell Reeve & Co., Ltd., London.
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.
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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 |
| Oliver, E.G.H., Turner, R.C. & von Staden, L. 2012. Erica aspalathoides Guthrie & Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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