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Scientific Name | Phylica plumigera Pillans |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | RHAMNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2011/06/14 |
Assessor(s) | F. Daniels & N.A. Helme |
Justification | EOO 5 000 km², recorded from more than 10 locations only a few subpopulations are threatened by deciduous fruit and rooibos cultivation, the majority of subpopulations occur on steep rocky slopes and are protected within the Cederberg Wilderness Area so are unlikely to decline enough to enter a threatened category. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cederberg and Koue Bokkeveld. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Fynbos |
Description | Mountain fynbos, on sandy plateaus and rocky areas. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss to cultivation of deciduous fruit and rooibos tea is a threat to subpopulations on sandy plateaus, but not to the majority of subpopulations which occur on rocky slopes. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Conservation |
| Cederberg Wilderness Area. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Phylica plumigera Pillans | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Phylica plumigera Pillans | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
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.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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 |
| Daniels, F. & Helme, N.A. 2011. Phylica plumigera Pillans. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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