Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Phylica retrorsa E.Mey. ex Sond.
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
RHAMNACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Vulnerable D1+2
Assessment Date
2006/06/12
Assessor(s)
N.A. Helme
Justification
A population of fewer than 1000 mature individuals at one known location is potentially threatened by climate change.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Northern Cape
Range
Namaqualand, Kamiesberg.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Kamiesberg Granite Fynbos
Description
Granite outcrops on peaks, 1370-1650 m.
Threats
Pollution (affecting habitat and/or species)
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Phylica retrorsa E.Mey. ex Sond.VU D1+2Raimondo et al. (2009)
Phylica retrorsa E.Mey. ex Sond.Rare Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Phylica retrorsa E.Mey. ex Sond.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.


Citation
Helme, N.A. 2006. Phylica retrorsa E.Mey. ex Sond. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/02

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