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Scientific Name | Euchaetis ericoides Dummer |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | RUTACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2020/01/21 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & L. von Staden |
Justification | Euchaetis ericoides has a restricted distribution range, with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 1009 km². It has no severe threats and is not suspected to be in danger of extinction. It is therefore listed as Least Concern. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa, and has a limited distribution in the mountains of the Western Cape, where it occurs from the southern Cederberg to the Koue Bokkeveld and Olifants River Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Winterhoek Sandstone Fynbos, Cederberg Sandstone Fynbos, Western Altimontane Sandstone Fynbos, Olifants Sandstone Fynbos, Graafwater Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | It occurs on rocky upper slopes and ridges in montane fynbos. |
Threats |
| Euchaetis ericoides has no severe threats. |
Population |
There is no information available on the population of this species.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Euchaetis ericoides Dummer | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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.
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.
Williams, I. 1981. Studies in the genera of the Diosmeae (Rutaceae): 10. A review of the genus Euchaetis. Journal of South African Botany 47(2):157-193.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D. & von Staden, L. 2020. Euchaetis ericoides Dummer. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/07/06 |
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