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Scientific Name | Cliffortia pilifera Bolus |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ROSACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2010/12/03 |
Assessor(s) | C.M. Whitehouse & J.E. Victor |
Justification | A range-restricted species (EOO and AOO <5 km²), occurring at less than five locations where it is potentially threatened by alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Bain's Kloof Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Hawequas Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Moist sandstone fynbos in seeps and drainage lines. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by invasive alien plants especially Hakea spp. |
Population |
Locally abundant in the numerous seeps and drainage lines at between 350 and 450m. There are thousands of plants in a two by two km area (N.A. Helme pers. obs. 2010).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cliffortia pilifera Bolus | VU D2 | 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.
Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
Whitehouse, C.M. 2006. Cliffortia Interactive Key. Bolus Herbarium, University of Cape Town, Cape Town.
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Citation |
| Whitehouse, C.M. & Victor, J.E. 2010. Cliffortia pilifera Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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