Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Romulea sulphurea Bég.
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
IRIDACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Vulnerable D2
Assessment Date
2007/01/26
Assessor(s)
N.A. Helme & D. Raimondo
Justification
Known from one location. Potentially threatened by road works or road expansion projects.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Western Cape
Range
Pakhuis Mountains.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Cederberg Sandstone Fynbos
Description
Sandstone pavement.
Threats
Currently, the only known subpopulation of this species occurs right next to a road. Although it is within a protected area, any road construction or maintenance could impact the population. It is not unlikely that other subpopulations do exist within the area, which are unlikely to be threatened, but this species is evidently very rare.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Romulea sulphurea Bég.VU D2Raimondo et al. (2009)
Romulea sulphurea Bég.Extinct Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Romulea sulphurea Bég.Extinct 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. 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.


Citation
Helme, N.A. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Romulea sulphurea Bég. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/07/01

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