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Scientific Name | Erica sagittata Klotzsch ex Benth. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
Synonyms | Blaeria grandis N.E.Br., Blaeria sagittata (Klotzsch ex Benth.) Alm & T.C.E.Fr. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2015/07/15 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden & M.M.P. Mogale |
Justification | A range-restricted species (EOO 166 km²), that has lost most of its habitat to timber plantations. Between three and five remaining locations continue to decline due to habitat degradation and competition from unmanaged alien invasive plants. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Van Stadens Mountains west of Port Elizabeth. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Kouga Grassy Sandstone Fynbos, Kouga Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Moist south-facing slopes. |
Threats |
| Most of this species' habitat on the Van Stadens Mountains has been planted up with timber plantations. Remaining areas of fynbos are all infested with unmanaged alien invasive plants, and are being continually degraded due to a lack of fire. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica sagittata Klotzsch ex Benth. | EN B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) | 2015.1 | | Erica sagittata Klotzsch ex Benth. | Data Deficient | 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.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Oliver, E.G.H. 1993. Studies in the Ericoideae (Ericaceae). XII. The placing of the genus Blaeria into synonymy under Erica, nomenclatural and taxonomic changes for the southern Africa region. Bothalia 23(1):1-7.
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 |
| von Staden, L. & Mogale, M.M.P. 2015. Erica sagittata Klotzsch ex Benth. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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