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Scientific Name | Cliffortia rigida Weim. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ROSACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Taxonomically Problematic |
Assessment Date | 2007/03/19 |
Assessor(s) | C.M. Whitehouse, N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Only collected once in 1935 and the specimen locality is very imprecise, this is possibly a hybrid of C. ruscifolia and another species. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Du Toit's Kloof Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Mountain slopes 450- 650 m. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by invasive aliens and unnatural fire regimes. |
Population |
Population trend | Unknown |
Notes |
| Only collected once in 1935 and locality is very imprecise; possibly a hybrid of C. ruscifolia and another species. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cliffortia rigida Weim. | Data Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) | 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.
Whitehouse, C.M. 2006. Cliffortia Interactive Key. Bolus Herbarium, University of Cape Town, Cape Town.
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Citation |
| Whitehouse, C.M., Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Cliffortia rigida Weim. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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