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Scientific Name | Cliffortia cervicornu Weim. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ROSACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2008/03/18 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & C.M. Whitehouse |
Justification | Only known from a few very scattered localities and not common there, but possibly more frequent than recorded as the arid slopes and mountains where it grows are very poorly known botanically. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Northern slopes of the Swartberg, as well as the Matjiesgoedberg, Droekloofberg, and Willowmore Witteberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos, Succulent Karoo |
Description | South facing slopes or shady kloofs on arid slopes. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cliffortia cervicornu Weim. | 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.
Whitehouse, C.M. 2006. Cliffortia Interactive Key. Bolus Herbarium, University of Cape Town, Cape Town.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D. & Whitehouse, C.M. 2008. Cliffortia cervicornu Weim. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2024.1. Accessed on 2025/11/15 |
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