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Scientific Name | Cliffortia juniperina L.f. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ROSACEAE |
Synonyms | Cliffortia hermaphroditica Weim., Cliffortia juniperina L.f. var. pilosula Weim., Cliffortia laricina E.Mey. (in part) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2012/01/25 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread and still very common despite much habitat loss on lowlands. Many subpopulations remain in protected montane areas and this species persists even in very small fragments, and therefore it is not considered in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Namaqualand to the Cape Peninsula, Agulhas Plain and Little Karoo. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Clay slopes and flats. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss to crop cultivation and urban expansion on lowlands. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cliffortia hermaphroditica Weim. | Data Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Cliffortia juniperina L.f. var. juniperina | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Cliffortia juniperina L.f. var. pilosula Weim. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Cliffortia hermaphroditica Weim. | VU D2 | Victor (2002) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
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.
Victor, J.E. 2002. South Africa. In: J.S. Golding (ed), Southern African plant Red Data Lists. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 14 (pp. 93-120), SABONET, Pretoria.
Whitehouse, C.M. 2006. Cliffortia Interactive Key. Bolus Herbarium, University of Cape Town, Cape Town.
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 |
| von Staden, L. 2012. Cliffortia juniperina L.f. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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