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Scientific Name | Cliffortia hirta Burm.f. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | ROSACEAE |
Synonyms | Cliffortia sarmentosa L. |
Common Names | Hairy Rice Bush (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2006/03/06 |
Assessor(s) | C.M. Whitehouse, D. Raimondo & N.A. Helme |
Justification | EOO 320 km², AOO<320 km², six severely fragmented remaining subpopulations continue to decline due to habitat loss to urban development and alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Bokbaai to Cape Peninsula. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Cape Flats Dune Strandveld, Swartland Shale Renosterveld, Peninsula Shale Renosterveld, Peninsula Shale Fynbos, Peninsula Granite Fynbos, Hangklip Sand Fynbos, Cape Flats Sand Fynbos, Atlantis Sand Fynbos |
Description | Seasonally wet sands over clays, or acid sands. |
Threats |
| Invasive Alien Species (direct effects), Habitat loss, Pollution (affecting habitat and/or species), Habitat degradation, Changes in native species dynamics, Harvesting [gathering] |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Cliffortia hirta Burm.f. | EN B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Cliffortia hirta Burm.f. | EN B1B2bc | 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.
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Citation |
| Whitehouse, C.M., Raimondo, D. & Helme, N.A. 2006. Cliffortia hirta Burm.f. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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