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Scientific Name | Erica purgatoriensis H.A.Baker |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D1+2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/02/10 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner, E.G.H. Oliver & D. Pillay |
Justification | About 500 plants of this species occur in a single roadside wetland (AOO 100 m²). It is likely that the population has declined in the past due to road construction. It is currently potentially threatened by too frequent fire. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Franschhoek. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos, Hawequas Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Marshy wetlands. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by road construction and too frequent fire - the area has burnt twice within 10 years. |
Population |
This is an extremely localized species and only one subpopulation of about 500 mature individuals is known, which is fragmented by road construction.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica purgatoriensis H.A.Baker | VU D1+2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Erica purgatoriensis H.A.Baker | Vulnerable | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Erica purgatoriensis H.A.Baker | Vulnerable | Hall et al. (1980) | |
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.
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 |
| Turner, R.C., Oliver, E.G.H. & Pillay, D. 2007. Erica purgatoriensis H.A.Baker. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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