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Scientific Name | Eriospermum occultum Archibald |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | RUSCACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Rare |
Assessment Date | 2007/04/27 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo |
Justification | Known from one site on the southern slopes of the Suurberg, no significant threats are known. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Suurberg near Somerset East. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Suurberg Quartzite Fynbos |
Description | Moist, black, sandy soils formed from Witteberg quartzite, amongst clumps of tussock grass. |
Threats |
| Occurs in montane areas where it is unlikely to be threatened. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Eriospermum occultum Archibald | Critically Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Eriospermum occultum Archibald | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Perry, P.L. 1994. A revision of the genus Eriospermum (Eriospermaceae) Contributions from the Bolus Herbarium 17:1-320.
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.
Victor, J.E. and Dold, A.P. 2003. Threatened plants of the Albany Centre of Floristic Endemism, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 99:437-446.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D. 2007. Eriospermum occultum Archibald. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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