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Scientific Name | Hermannia pillansii Compton |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | MALVACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Rare |
Assessment Date | 2006/05/17 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor & L. von Staden |
Justification | A range-restricted habitat specialist (EOO 37 km²), known from one subpopulation. Not threatened due to the inaccessibility of its habitat. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Witteberg near Laingsburg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Matjiesfontein Quartzite Fynbos |
Description | Fynbos, on high altitude, arid sandstone slopes above 1300 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Hermannia pillansii Compton | Critically Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Hermannia pillansii Compton | Indeterminate | 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 |
| Victor, J.E. & von Staden, L. 2006. Hermannia pillansii Compton. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/04 |
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