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Scientific Name | Cliffortia scandens C.M.Whitehouse |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ROSACEAE |
Synonyms | Cliffortia dregeana of other authors, not of C.Presl (in part) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2008/04/30 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & P.A. Manyama |
Justification | Two known locations are potentially threatened by alien plant invasion and too frequent fire. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Riviersonderend Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos, North Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Fynbos on rocky south-facing slopes, 650-1250 m. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by invasive alien plants and unnatural fire regimes, but the majority of this species' habitat is protected (Whitehouse 2006). |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cliffortia scandens C.M.Whitehouse | VU D2 | 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.
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Citation |
| Helme, N.A. & Manyama, P.A. 2008. Cliffortia scandens C.M.Whitehouse. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/07/31 |
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