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Scientific Name | Erica valida H.A.Baker |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2022/11/23 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner, E.G.H. Oliver, J.H. Vlok & F. Munro |
Justification | A rare, naturally disjunct, high-altitude habitat specialist that can be locally common. It has an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 565 km². There are no known threats to this species, and the population is inferred to be stable. It therefore qualifies under the IUCN 3.1. Red List Criteria as Least Concern but is nationally listed as Rare. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | This species is found in the Kammanassie Mountains and Groot Winterhoek Mountains in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape Provinces of South Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Kouga Grassy Sandstone Fynbos, South Kammanassie Sandstone Fynbos, North Kammanassie Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | It grows on upper southern slopes, only in rocky outcrops. |
Threats |
| There are no current threats to this species. |
Population |
The population is entirely protected within provincial nature reserves.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica valida H.A.Baker | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Erica valida H.A.Baker | Rare | 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.
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Citation |
| Turner, R.C., Oliver, E.G.H., Vlok, J.H. & Munro, F. 2022. Erica valida H.A.Baker. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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