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Scientific Name | Cliffortia weimarckii C.M.Whitehouse |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ROSACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2007/10/19 |
Assessor(s) | P.A. Manyama |
Justification | A high altitude habitat specialist that occur in widely disjunct subpopulations, but is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Southern Koue Bokkeveld, Groot Winterhoek and Hex River Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Hex Sandstone Fynbos, Winterhoek Sandstone Fynbos, Cederberg Sandstone Fynbos, Western Altimontane Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Steep upper slopes and mountain summits with well-drained acid sands derived from Table Mountain Sandstone, 1200-2250 m. |
Population |
Subpopulations are scattered (Whitehouse and Fellingham 2007).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cliffortia weimarckii C.M.Whitehouse | Rare | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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. and Fellingham, A.C. 2007. New species and notes on the genus Cliffortia (Rosaceae). Bothalia 37(1):9-22.
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Citation |
| Manyama, P.A. 2007. Cliffortia weimarckii C.M.Whitehouse. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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