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Scientific Name | Cliffortia apiculata Weim. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ROSACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered A2ac; B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) |
Assessment Date | 2007/03/12 |
Assessor(s) | C.M. Whitehouse & D. Raimondo |
Justification | A population reduction of at least 80% is estimated based on >90% habitat loss to apple orchards in the Elgin Valley in the past 70 years (generation length 50 years). EOO 55 km², AOO<3 km², five severely fragmented remaining subpopulations continue to decline due to alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Palmiet River Valley, between Elgin, Arieskraal and Fairy Glen. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Elgin Shale Fynbos, Western Coastal Shale Band Vegetation |
Description | Lower shale slopes. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss, Invasive Alien Species (direct effects) |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cliffortia apiculata Weim. | CR A2ac; B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) | 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. 2006. Cliffortia Interactive Key. Bolus Herbarium, University of Cape Town, Cape Town.
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Citation |
| Whitehouse, C.M. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Cliffortia apiculata Weim. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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