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Scientific Name | Erica vallis-aranearum E.G.H.Oliv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered D |
Assessment Date | 2007/02/12 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner & E.G.H. Oliver |
Justification | A naturally rare species, well conserved within the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve, but known from only one subpopulation that has 15 mature individuals. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | South-facing sandstone slopes in fynbos. |
Threats |
| No threats. |
Population |
Only one subpopulation of fewer than 15 plants is known.
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Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
| Protected in the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica vallis-aranearum E.G.H.Oliv. | CR D | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Erica vallis-aranearum E.G.H.Oliv. | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Erica vallis-aranearum E.G.H.Oliv. | Rare | 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. 2007. Erica vallis-aranearum E.G.H.Oliv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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