Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Romulea pudica (Sol. ex Ker Gawl.) Baker
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
IRIDACEAE
Synonyms
Romulea amoena Schltr. ex Bég.
National Status
Status and Criteria
Vulnerable B1ab(ii,iii,v)+2ab(ii,iii,v)
Assessment Date
2007/01/15
Assessor(s)
N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo
Justification
EOO 180 km², extant at six locations. It has lost habitat to wheat cultivation. Subpopulations occurring on sandstone-derived sands are declining due to rooibos tea cultivation.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Northern Cape
Range
Bokkeveld Mountain Plateau.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Nieuwoudtville Shale Renosterveld, Vanrhynsdorp Shale Renosterveld, Bokkeveld Sandstone Fynbos
Description
Stony, red, clay soils derived from Dwyka tillite and dolerite and on sandy soils derived from sandstone.
Threats
Threatened by ongoing habitat loss to rooibos tea and wheat cultivation.
Population
Population trend
Decreasing
Conservation
No recorded from any formally protected area.
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Romulea amoena Schltr. ex Bég.VU B1ab(ii,iii,v)+2ab(ii,iii,v)2012.1
Romulea amoena Schltr. ex Bég.VU B1ab(ii,iii,v)Raimondo et al. (2009)
Romulea amoena Schltr. ex Bég.Vulnerable Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Romulea amoena Schltr. ex Bég.Rare 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., Goldblatt, P. and Snijman, D. 2002. The color encyclopedia of Cape bulbs. Timber Press, Portland/Cambridge.


Manning, J.C., Goldblatt, P. and Harrower, A.D. 2011. Romulea pilosa and R. quartzicola (Iridaceae: Crocoideae), two new species from the southern African winter rainfall region, with nomenclatural corrections including new names for R. amoena, R. neglecta and R. rosea var. reflexa. Bothalia 41(2):269-276.


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.


Citation
Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Romulea pudica (Sol. ex Ker Gawl.) Baker. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09

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