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Scientific Name | Cliffortia ericifolia L.f. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ROSACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(ii,iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2006/06/12 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme, C.M. Whitehouse, D. Raimondo & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Specimen records indicate that it was once common on seasonally inundated areas on the Cape Flats, but it now remains on four small fragments, three of which are declining due to urban expansion and alien plant invasion. A recent (2006) discovery of this species on the Agulhas plain has extended this species range considerably (EOO 3500 km²), however subpopulations on the Agulhas plain are also threatened by alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Philadelphia to Cape Peninsula and Agulhas Plain. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Overberg Dune Strandveld, Cape Flats Dune Strandveld, Elim Ferricrete Fynbos, Agulhas Sand Fynbos, Hangklip Sand Fynbos, Cape Flats Sand Fynbos, Atlantis Sand Fynbos, Swartland Alluvium Fynbos |
Description | Seasonally wet sands over clays, or acid sands. |
Threats |
| Invasive Alien Species (direct effects), Pollution (affecting habitat and/or species), Habitat loss, Harvesting [gathering], Habitat degradation |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cliffortia ericifolia L.f. | EN B1ab(ii,iii,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Cliffortia ericifolia L.f. | EN B1B2c | Victor (2002) | | Cliffortia ericifolia L.f. | Endangered | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
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.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical 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.
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.
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Citation |
| Helme, N.A., Whitehouse, C.M., Raimondo, D. & Victor, J.E. 2006. Cliffortia ericifolia L.f. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/31 |
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