Cliffortia arborea

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	ROSALES	ROSACEAE

Scientific Name:	Cliffortia arborea
Species Authority:	Marloth

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable A1cd ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Hilton-Taylor, C. <i>et al.</i>

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

1997

–

Rare (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Along the Great Escarpment from Beaufort West in the east to near Sutherland in the west and northwards to Calvinia.
Countries:	Native: South Africa (Northern Cape Province)
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Population [top]

Population:	Information from local farmers indicates that it was once very common along the edge of the escarpment. It was reduced to five remnant subpopulations. There is no evidence of any further declines in recent years.

Population:

Information from local farmers indicates that it was once very common along the edge of the escarpment. It was reduced to five remnant subpopulations. There is no evidence of any further declines in recent years.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	A fynbos relic which occurs in karroid vegetation.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Being the only woody plant in the area, it was heavily used for firewood.

Major Threat(s):

Being the only woody plant in the area, it was heavily used for firewood.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Two of the extant subpopulations are healthy, with a range of size classes present; one is also contained within a national park and the other occurs in a local authority nature reserve.

Conservation Actions:

Two of the extant subpopulations are healthy, with a range of size classes present; one is also contained within a national park and the other occurs in a local authority nature reserve.

Citation:	Hilton-Taylor, C. et al. 1998. Cliffortia arborea. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 18 May 2013.
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