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Scientific Name | Phylica obtusifolia Pillans |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | RHAMNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2008/03/15 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo, P.F. Matlamela & D.A. Kamundi |
Justification | A range-restricted (EOO 65 km²), high altitude habitat specialist that is not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Koue Bokkeveld Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Winterhoek Sandstone Fynbos, Swartruggens Quartzite Fynbos |
Description | Upper rocky slopes. |
Threats |
| No threats. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Phylica obtusifolia Pillans | 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.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity 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.
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Citation |
| Raimondo, D., Matlamela, P.F. & Kamundi, D.A. 2008. Phylica obtusifolia Pillans. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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