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Scientific Name | Phylica stenantha Pillans |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | RHAMNACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2018/05/25 |
Assessor(s) | N.A. Helme & L. von Staden |
Justification | A localized species (EOO 175 km²), known from four locations and potentially threatened by competition from alien invasive plants. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Riviersonderend Mountains. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | North Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Gentle, rocky lower north-facing sandstone slopes in fynbos. |
Threats |
| Scattered alien invasive plants are present in the habitat, but at present there is no threat to this species. It may however outcompete native species in future if left unmanaged. The southern slopes of the Riviersonderend Mountains is already densely infested with alien invasive plants through lack of management action. |
Population |
A localized, but locally common species. The population is not suspected to be declining.
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Phylica stenantha Pillans | Rare | 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. & von Staden, L. 2018. Phylica stenantha Pillans. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2020.1. Accessed on 2023/12/03 |
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