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Scientific Name | Cliffortia schlechteri (Weim.) C.M.Whitehouse |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ROSACEAE |
Synonyms | Cliffortia ilicifolia L. var. schlechteri Weim. |
Common Names | Schlechter's Caperose (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Near Threatened B1ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2007/10/04 |
Assessor(s) | P.A. Manyama & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO 6000 km², a fairly common species in suitable habitat that is suspected to occur at 10-20 locations. It is declining due to ongoing habitat loss to crop cultivation and coastal development, alien plant invasion and too frequent fire. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Widespread on the Agulhas Plain from Gansbaai to Gourits River mouth. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Fynbos on very well-drained, windblown sand and limestone-derived soil, 0-300 m. |
Threats |
| Threatened by land degradation, cultivation and forest plantations. It may also be susceptible to local extinction caused by unnatural fire regimes as it does not resprout after fire (Whitehouse 2004). |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cliffortia schlechteri (Weim.) C.M.Whitehouse | NT B1ab(iii) | 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 |
| Manyama, P.A. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Cliffortia schlechteri (Weim.) C.M.Whitehouse. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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