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Scientific Name | Romulea sabulosa Schltr. ex Bég. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | IRIDACEAE |
Common Names | Satynblom (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2006/03/30 |
Assessor(s) | D. Raimondo, S. Todd & E. Marinus |
Justification | AOO 15 km², known from five locations. It has lost 80% of its habitat to wheat cultivation over the past 60 years, but is not currently declining. Potentially threatened by further crop cultivation and encroachment from invasive alien grasses. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape |
Range | Bokkeveld Escarpment. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Nieuwoudtville Shale Renosterveld, Nieuwoudtville-Roggeveld Dolerite Renosterveld |
Description | Tillite clays in renosterveld. |
Threats |
| Habitat loss, Pollution (affecting habitat and/or species), Invasive Alien Species (direct effects) |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Romulea sabulosa Schltr. ex Bég. | VU D2 | 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.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2001. A synoptic review of Romulea (Iridaceae: Crocoideae) in sub-Saharan Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra including new species, biological notes, and a new infrageneric classification. Adansonia 23(1):59-108.
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 |
| Raimondo, D., Todd, S. & Marinus, E. 2006. Romulea sabulosa Schltr. ex Bég. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/17 |
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