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Scientific Name | Phylica keetii Pillans |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | RHAMNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Rare |
Assessment Date | 2019/03/27 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A rare, range-restricted species with an extent of occurrence (EOO) of 536 km². It is known from a few, scattered small subpopulations which are not threatened. It is therefore listed under the IUCN 3.1 Criteria, globally, as Least Concern but is nationally categorised as Rare. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | This species is known from the Outeniqua and Tsitsikamma Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Tsitsikamma Sandstone Fynbos, South Outeniqua Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Plants grow on rocky sandstone slopes. |
Threats |
| There are no known significant past, ongoing or future threats that are likely to lead to this species' extinction. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Phylica keetii Pillans var. keetii | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Phylica keetii Pillans var. mollis Pillans | Least Concern | 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.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity 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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2019. Phylica keetii Pillans. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/02 |
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