Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Cliffortia heterophylla Weim.
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
ROSACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Rare
Assessment Date
2006/04/26
Assessor(s)
C.M. Whitehouse & J.E. Victor
Justification
A range-restricted species (EOO<200 km²) that is not threatened.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Kogelberg Nature Reserve.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos
Description
Fynbos, on south-facing sandstone slopes.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Cliffortia heterophylla Weim.Rare Raimondo et al. (2009)
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.


Whitehouse, C.M. 2002. Systematics of the genus Cliffortia L. (Rosaceae). Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, University of Cape Town, Cape Town.


Citation
Whitehouse, C.M. & Victor, J.E. 2006. Cliffortia heterophylla Weim. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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