Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Erica trachysantha Bolus
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
ERICACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2007/02/11
Assessor(s)
R.C. Turner, E.G.H. Oliver & D. Pillay
Justification
Widespread with no current decline or known threats.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Eastern Cape
Range
Kouga, Kammanassie, Outeniqua and Tsitsikamma mountains and Misgund.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Description
Mountain fynbos.
Threats
No known threats.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Conservation
Kammanassie Nature Reserve.
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Erica trachysantha BolusLeast Concern Raimondo et al. (2009)
Erica trachysantha BolusInsufficiently Known Hilton-Taylor (1996)
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.


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.


Citation
Turner, R.C., Oliver, E.G.H. & Pillay, D. 2007. Erica trachysantha Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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