Taxonomy
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.


Citation
Raimondo, D. & Whitehouse, C.M. 2008. Cliffortia cervicornu Weim. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/18

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