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Scientific Name | Phylica parvula Pillans |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | RHAMNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2006/07/12 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo & N.A. Helme |
Justification | EOO and AOO<150 km², four known locations continue to decline due to severe alien plant invasion, habitat loss to crop cultivation, and livestock grazing and trampling. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Agulhas Plain. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Elim Ferricrete Fynbos |
Description | Lowland shales and sands over clay, often seasonally wet. |
Threats |
| Invasive Alien Species (direct effects), Habitat loss, Habitat degradation |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Phylica parvula Pillans | EN B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Phylica parvula Pillans | Vulnerable | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Phylica parvula Pillans | Vulnerable | 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 |
| Raimondo, D. & Helme, N.A. 2006. Phylica parvula Pillans. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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