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Scientific Name | Phylica plumosa L. var. horizontalis (Vent.) Sond. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | RHAMNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2006/06/12 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO and AOO<2000 km², fewer than 10 locations remain. Subpopulations on lower slopes continue to decline due to habitat loss to crop cultivation and urban expansion, and alien plant invasion. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Piketberg and Tulbagh. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Swartland Granite Renosterveld, Winterhoek Sandstone Fynbos, Hawequas Sandstone Fynbos, Swartland Alluvium Fynbos |
Description | Lower to upper sandstone and clay slopes. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss, Invasive Alien Species (direct effects) |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Phylica plumosa L. var. horizontalis (Vent.) Sond. | VU B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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. 2006. Phylica plumosa L. var. horizontalis (Vent.) Sond. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/02 |
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