Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Phylica subulifolia Pillans
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
RHAMNACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Vulnerable D2
Assessment Date
2006/06/12
Assessor(s)
N.A. Helme
Justification
This reseeding species, known to occur at only three locations, is potentially threatened by too frequent fire. One location at Audensberg and other parts of Hex River Mountains have burnt three times between 1994 and 2006.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Hex River Mountains.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
South Hex Sandstone Fynbos, South Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos
Description
Upper sandstone slopes, 1230-1920 m.
Threats
Habitat degradation
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Phylica subulifolia PillansVU D2Raimondo et al. (2009)
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.


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 subulifolia Pillans. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/18

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