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Scientific Name | Cliffortia marginata Eckl. & Zeyh. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ROSACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2007/03/12 |
Assessor(s) | C.M. Whitehouse, D. Raimondo & N.A. Helme |
Justification | EOO 500 km², AOO <500 km², four locations remain after most of this species' habitat has been lost to urban development. It continues to decline due to ongoing habitat loss to housing developments, expanding crop cultivation, alien plant invasion and quarrying. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Durbanville to Somerset West. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Swartland Granite Renosterveld, Boland Granite Fynbos, Cape Flats Sand Fynbos, Lourensford Alluvium Fynbos, Swartland Alluvium Fynbos |
Description | Seasonally wet clay and sand flats. |
Threats |
| Very little of this species' natural habitat remains due to loss to urban expansion and agriculture on the Cape Flats. Remaining habitat fragments are generally severely degraded by alien invasive plants, and loss to urban development and degradation due to quarrying continues. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Conservation |
| Not currently conserved in any formally protected area. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cliffortia marginata Eckl. & Zeyh. | EN B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Cliffortia marginata Eckl. & Zeyh. | EN B1B2abc | Victor (2002) | |
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.
Victor, J.E. 2002. South Africa. In: J.S. Golding (ed), Southern African plant Red Data Lists. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 14 (pp. 93-120), SABONET, Pretoria.
Whitehouse, C.M. 2006. Cliffortia Interactive Key. Bolus Herbarium, University of Cape Town, Cape Town.
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Citation |
| Whitehouse, C.M., Raimondo, D. & Helme, N.A. 2007. Cliffortia marginata Eckl. & Zeyh. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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