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Scientific Name | Cliffortia oligodonta C.M.Whitehouse |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ROSACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2017/04/12 |
Assessor(s) | C.M. Whitehouse, D. Raimondo & D.A. Kamundi |
Justification | A range-restricted (EOO 12 km²), high altitude resprouter that is not threatened. It is therefore listed under the IUCN 3.1 Criteria, globally, as Least Concern but is nationally categorised as Rare. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | It occurs in the Wemmershoek Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Hawequas Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | South-facing slopes and in the shelter of rocks at high altitude, in well-drained rocky soil from Table Mountain Sandstone, 1450-1800 m. |
Population |
This species highly localized, but locally common. As there are no severe threats, the population is not suspected to be declining.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cliffortia oligodonta C.M.Whitehouse | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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. 2004. New species in the section Multinerviae of Cliffortia (Rosaceae). Bothalia 34(2):77-85.
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. & Kamundi, D.A. 2017. Cliffortia oligodonta C.M.Whitehouse. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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