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Scientific Name | Phylica guthriei Pillans |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | RHAMNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Data Deficient - Insufficient Information |
Assessment Date | 2018/05/11 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & L. von Staden |
Justification | Phylica guthriei is only known from the type, collected in 1895. Not enough is known about the distribution, specific habitat or population status of this species to determine its status. It occurs in an area where there has been much afforestation and is likely to be threatened. It is listed as Data Deficient. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to South Africa, and is found in the Franschhoek Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | It occurs on lower sandstone slopes. |
Threats |
| The lower slopes of the Franschhoek Pass have been planted up with timber plantations (pines and gums) and part of the population may have been lost to habitat destruction. Ongoing spreading of escaped pine seedlings to the upper slopes of the Franschhoek Pass is a concern. |
Population |
This species is only known from the type, collected in 1895. It was recorded in a botanically well-explored area, and the reasons for the lack of recent records are not certain. Phylica is in need of taxonomic revision and the species may be overlooked or confused with other similar taxa. Field surveys are needed to relocate it in the wild.
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Population trend | Unknown |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Phylica guthriei Pillans | Data Deficient | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Phylica guthriei Pillans | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Phylica guthriei Pillans | 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.
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 |
| Helme, N.A. & von Staden, L. 2018. Phylica guthriei Pillans. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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