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Scientific Name | Erica oxysepala Guthrie & Bolus |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/02/09 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner & D.A. Kamundi |
Justification | This species occurs in a rare, specialized habitat and only five locations are known, scattered over a large area (EOO 4900 km²). Two of the five locations are potentially threatened by alien plant invasion and a deleterious fire regime. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Clanwilliam to Tulbagh. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Winterhoek Sandstone Fynbos, Hawequas Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Fynbos, in seepage areas on mountain slopes above 600 m. |
Threats |
| A reseeder potentially threatened by too frequent fire on the Piketberg where the habitat has burnt at least three times within 10 years. Elsewhere subpopulations are potentially threatened by invasive alien pines spreading from forestry plantations. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica oxysepala Guthrie & Bolus | VU D2 | 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 oxysepala Guthrie & Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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