| IUCN Species Information Service (SIS) Toolkit |
| Assessment Report | |
| Taxonomy | ||||
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| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
| PLANTAE | TRACHEOPHYTA | MAGNOLIOPSIDA | ERICALES | ERICACEAE |
| Scientific Name: | Erica swaziensis |
| Species Authority: | E.G.H.Oliv. |
| Common Name/s: - | |
| Synonym/s: | - |
| Taxonomic Notes: | - |
| Assessment Information | |
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Vulnerable D2 |
| Year Assessed: | - |
| Assessor/s: | Braun, K. |
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| Justification: Erica swaziensis is only known from a very restricted area in northwestern Eswatini, with an estimated extent of occurrence of 41.414 km2, and an area of occupancy of 24 km2. The older records for this species do not have precise locality information, and may well overlap with more recent records, and based on this, the number of locations for this species was estimated as five. There are potential threats from urban development affecting part of its range, and potential habitat degradation from ongoing livestock grazing. However, at the time of assessment there was no evidence of decline in range or habitat for this species. Based on this, it was assessed as Vulnerable under Criterion D2. Date last seen: 2020 | |
| History: | - |
| Geographic Range | |
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| Range Description: | This species is known from northwestern Eswatini, from the Mbabane and Pine Valley areas, and in the Forbes Reef area. Precise locality information is not available for some of the older records, and the localities might coincide with more recent records. |
| Countries: | Native: Eswatini; |
| Population | |
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| Population: | No detailed population surveys have been conducted for this species. For the purposes of this assessment, the continued existence of this plant has been assumed for localities from older records. The plant is difficult to find due to its small size and its occurrence within densely vegetated grassland, so it might well still occur in these areas. |
| Population Trend: | Unknown |
| Habitat and Ecology | |
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| Habitat and Ecology: | This plant has been found in vlei margins and seep areas. The localities fall within the vegetation type KaNgwane Montane Grassland (Gm16) (Mucina et. al. 2018). |
| List of Habitats: | 4 Grassland 4.7 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude |
| Threats | |
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| Major Threat(s): | The known localities for this species are not in any protected area, some are subject to the threat of urban development, others from the effects of heavy livestock grazing. |
| List of Threats: | 1 Residential & commercial development 1.1 Housing & urban areas 2 Agriculture & aquaculture 2.3 Livestock farming & ranching 2.3.2 Small-holder grazing, ranching or farming |
| Conservation Actions | |
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| Conservation Actions: | None of the currently known localities of this plant fall within protected areas. |
| List of Conservation Actions: | 1 Land/water protection 1.1 Site/area protection 3 Species management 3.4 Ex-situ conservation 3.4.2 Genome resource bank |
| Bibliography | |
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| Bachman
S, Moat J, Hill AW, de la Torre J, Scott B. 2011. Supporting Red List
threat assessments with GeoCAT geospatial conservation tool. In: Smith
V, Penev L (Eds) e-Infrastructure for data publishing in biodiversity
science. . ZooKeys 150: 117-126. Mucina, L., Rutherford, M.C. and Powrie, L.W. (Editors). 2018. The Vegetation Map of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Available at: http://bgis.sanbi.org/Projects/Detail/186. | |
| Citation: | - |