Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Phylica lucida Pillans
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
RHAMNACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Vulnerable D2
Assessment Date
2006/07/12
Assessor(s)
D. Raimondo & N.A. Helme
Justification
AOO<20 km², three known locations are potentially threatened by alien plant invasion, wild flower harvesting and vineyard expansion.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Stanford to Agulhas.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Overberg Sandstone Fynbos, Agulhas Limestone Fynbos, Elim Ferricrete Fynbos
Description
Coastal flats, often near limestone.
Threats
Invasive Alien Species (direct effects), Habitat loss
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Phylica lucida PillansVU D2Raimondo et al. (2009)
Phylica lucida PillansInsufficiently Known Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Phylica lucida PillansUncertain Hall et al. (1980)
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.


Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.


Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.


Pillans, N.S. 1942. The genus Phylica, Linn. Journal of South African Botany 8(1):1-164.


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.


Citation
Raimondo, D. & Helme, N.A. 2006. Phylica lucida Pillans. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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