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Scientific Name | Cliffortia monophylla Weim. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ROSACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(ii,iii) |
Assessment Date | 2006/04/26 |
Assessor(s) | C.M. Whitehouse, D. Raimondo & N.A. Helme |
Justification | EOO 2320 km², nine locations remain after most of this species' habitat has been lost to wheat cultivation in the past 70 years. It continues to decline due to expanding crop cultivation, urban development, lack of fire as a result of habitat fragmentation and alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Houwhoek to Napier to Swellendam. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Western Ruens Shale Renosterveld, Ruens Silcrete Renosterveld, Greyton Shale Fynbos, Elgin Shale Fynbos, Elim Ferricrete Fynbos, Swellendam Silcrete Fynbos, Western Coastal Shale Band Vegetation |
Description | Fairly moist shale slopes in lowlands. |
Threats |
| Invasive Alien Species (direct effects), Habitat loss, Habitat degradation |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cliffortia monophylla Weim. | VU B1ab(ii,iii) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Cliffortia monophylla Weim. | VU B1B2bc | Victor (2002) | | Cliffortia monophylla Weim. | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Cliffortia monophylla Weim. | Uncertain | Hall et al. (1980) | |
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.
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
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.
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. 2006. Cliffortia monophylla Weim. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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