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Scientific Name | Merciera tenuifolia (L.f.) A.DC. |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | CAMPANULACEAE |
Synonyms | Merciera tenuifolia (L.f.) A.DC. var. candolleana Sond., Merciera tenuifolia (L.f.) A.DC. var. thunbergiana Sond., Trachelium tenuifolium L.f. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2008/04/02 |
Assessor(s) | C.N. Cupido, F. Daniels & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO 125 km², known from four locations. This taxon has lost habitat in the past to commercial forestry plantations and faces potential threats from invasive alien plants and a deleterious fire regime. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Kogelberg to Bot River. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Overberg Sandstone Fynbos, Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Fynbos, on sandstone, 110-600 m. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss, Habitat degradation, Invasive Alien Species (direct effects) |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Merciera tenuifolia (L.f.) A.DC. var. tenuifolia | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
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 |
| Cupido, C.N., Daniels, F. & Raimondo, D. 2008. Merciera tenuifolia (L.f.) A.DC. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/13 |
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