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Scientific Name | Erica flexistyla E.G.H.Oliv. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ERICACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2012/09/05 |
Assessor(s) | R.C. Turner, E.G.H. Oliver & L. von Staden |
Justification | EOO 43 km², between two and five remaining locations continue to decline due to ongoing habitat loss to agricultural expansion, severe overgrazing and competition from alien invasive plants. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Agulhas Plain between Elim and the Soetanysberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Overberg Dune Strandveld, Elim Ferricrete Fynbos |
Description | Seasonally moist seeps and drainage lines on sandy or gravelly soil. |
Threats |
| More than 50% of this species ferricrete fynbos habitat has been transformed and fragmented due to crop cultivation. It is threatened by ongoing habitat loss and degradation due to ongoing agricultural expansion, severe overgrazing and competition from alien invasive plants. |
Population |
What was probably formerly one large subpopulation extending across the ferricrete flats to the north of the Soetanysberg has now been fragmented by habitat loss to crop cultivation. Small clumps of plants remain in road verges and tiny fragments between crop fields, however, >50% of the remaining population occur within an area now protected within the Agulhas National Park.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Erica flexistyla E.G.H.Oliv. | CR B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) | 2012.1 | | Erica flexistyla E.G.H.Oliv. | CR B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Erica flexistyla E.G.H.Oliv. | Endangered | 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.
Oliver, E.G.H. and Oliver, I.M. 1995. Studies in the Ericaceae (Ericoideae) 18. Two new species of Erica from the southern part of South Africa. Feddes Repertorium 106(5-8):347-352.
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. & von Staden, L. 2012. Erica flexistyla E.G.H.Oliv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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