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Scientific Name | Cliffortia anthospermoides Fellingham |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ROSACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2007/12/14 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO 50 km², AOO <50km², known from four locations. A subpopulation at one location was lost to road widening, two are threatened by coastal development and alien plant invasion and the last subpopulation is protected within the private nature reserve at Grootbos. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Gansbaai. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Overberg Dune Strandveld, Agulhas Limestone Fynbos |
Description | Fynbos on brown, sandy soil on slight slopes, 50-250 m. |
Threats |
| Out of four known subpopulations, only one is protected. One subpopulation was partially destroyed by road construction, a second near Danger Point is threatened by development and a third occurs at a site heavily infested by alien invasive Acacia cyclops. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Conservation |
| Protected in the Grootbos Private Nature Reserve. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cliffortia anthospermoides Fellingham | EN B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) | 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. and Fellingham, A.C. 2007. New species and notes on the genus Cliffortia (Rosaceae). Bothalia 37(1):9-22.
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Citation |
| Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Cliffortia anthospermoides Fellingham. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/31 |
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