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Scientific Name | Erica turrisbabylonica H.A.Baker |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
Common Names | Tower-of-Babylon Heath (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/02/12 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner, E.G.H. Oliver & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO 33 km² and only two known locations. Potentially threatened by alien pine and Hake drupacea invasions and too frequent fire at one location. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Kleinmond to Caledon. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Overberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Fynbos, on steep, south-facing summit slopes. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by too frequent fire - the site has burnt three times within 10 years. Plants are also potentially threatened by competition from alien invasive plants. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica turrisbabylonica H.A.Baker | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Erica turrisbabylonica H.A.Baker | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Erica turrisbabylonica H.A.Baker | Uncertain | 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. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Erica turrisbabylonica H.A.Baker. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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