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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 Pillans | VU D2 | Raimondo 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.
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Citation |
| Helme, N.A. 2006. Phylica subulifolia Pillans. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/07/06 |
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