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Scientific Name | Phylica anomala Pillans |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | RHAMNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(ii,iii) |
Assessment Date | 2018/10/01 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme, D. Raimondo & L. von Staden |
Justification | Phylica anomala is a range-restricted species with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 2803 km². It is known from four locations and is declining due to ongoing habitat degradation and competition from alien invasive plants. It is therefore listed as Endangered under criterion B. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa, and is found from Caledon to Swellendam. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos, Overberg Sandstone Fynbos, Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | It occurs in sandstone-shale ecotones on lower mountain slopes. |
Threats |
| Phylica anomala has lost habitat to crop cultivation around Caledon, the lower slopes of Shaw's Pass and near Napier. At Houw Hoek it has lost habitat to timber plantations in the past. There has been no significant ongoing habitat loss in the past 30 years, but remaining subpopulations are threatened by ongoing habitat degradation as well as spreading, unmanaged alien invasive plants. |
Population |
It is an apparently rare species known from a few, isolated locations. The population continues to decline due to ongoing habitat loss and degradation.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Phylica anomala Pillans | EN B1ab(ii,iii) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Phylica anomala Pillans | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Phylica anomala Pillans | Uncertain | 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.
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Citation |
| Helme, N.A., Raimondo, D. & von Staden, L. 2018. Phylica anomala Pillans. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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