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Scientific Name | Phylica calcarata Pillans |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | RHAMNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(ii,iii,v)+2ab(ii,iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2006/06/12 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme |
Justification | EOO 800 km², AOO<800 km², ongoing habitat loss to crop cultivation, urban and infrastructure development and alien plant invasion is causing a continuing decline at six known locations. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Genadendal to Swellendam. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | South Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos, North Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos, Greyton Shale Fynbos, Elim Ferricrete Fynbos |
Description | Lower shale slopes and stony alluvial terraces. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss, Invasive Alien Species (direct effects) |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Phylica calcarata Pillans | VU B1ab(ii,iii,v)+2ab(ii,iii,v) | 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 calcarata Pillans. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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