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Scientific Name | Romulea quartzicola J.C.Manning & Goldblatt |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2012/11/12 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | A rare, localized habitat specialist known from a single location where it is potentially threatened by habitat loss to mining. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Knersvlakte. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Knersvlakte Quartz Vygieveld |
Description | Gentle south to southwest-facing quartzite slopes. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by habitat loss to mining. The only known subpopulation occurs within a few hundred meters of a disused mine. Recent, renewed interest in mining on the Knersvlakte has already put a number of localized endemics under threat. |
Population |
This species is restricted to a highly specialized quartz-patch habitat, and although common within suitable habitat, subpopulations do not extend over a large area. It is currently known from a number of small clumps scattered over a single farm (Manning et al. 2011).
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Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Romulea quartzicola J.C.Manning & Goldblatt | VU D2 | 2013.1 | |
Bibliography |
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.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2012. Romulea quartzicola J.C.Manning & Goldblatt. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2020.1. Accessed on 2021/09/23 |
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