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Scientific Name | Phylica diosmoides Sond. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | RHAMNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(ii,iii,v)+2ab(ii,iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2005/09/13 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme, D. Raimondo & J.E. Victor |
Justification | EOO 250 km², AOO<250 km², three know locations remain. In 2006, 10% of one subpopulation was lost to infrastructure development. Habitat degradation as a result of alien plant invasion is causing a continuing decline. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Houwhoek and Bot River. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Ruens Silcrete Renosterveld, Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos, Elim Ferricrete Fynbos |
Description | Ferricrete gravels in fynbos-renosterveld transition. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss, Invasive Alien Species (direct effects) |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Phylica diosmoides Sond. | EN B1ab(ii,iii,v)+2ab(ii,iii,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Phylica diosmoides Sond. | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Phylica diosmoides 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.
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Citation |
| Helme, N.A., Raimondo, D. & Victor, J.E. 2005. Phylica diosmoides Sond. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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