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Scientific Name | Pauridia alba (Thunb.) Snijman & Kocyan |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYPOXIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Fabricia alba Thunb., Hypoxis alba (Thunb.) L.f., Hypoxis pumila Lam., Spiloxene alba (Thunb.) Fourc. |
Common Names | Vleiblommetjie (a), Witsterretjie (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2014/11/21 |
Assessor(s) | D.A. Snijman & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO 8500 km², 26 subpopulations have been recorded of these 13 have been lost due to urban development of Cape Town and Stellenbosch, and crop cultivation around Malmesbury and Wellington. Remaining subpopulations are severely fragmented and loss to urban development, crop cultivation and encroachment from invasive alien grasses and is continuing. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Cold Bokkeveld to Hermanus and Breede River Valley. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Swartland Shale Renosterveld, Ceres Shale Renosterveld, Peninsula Shale Renosterveld, Swartland Granite Renosterveld, Swartland Silcrete Renosterveld, Elim Ferricrete Fynbos, Hangklip Sand Fynbos, Cape Flats Sand Fynbos, Atlantis Sand Fynbos, Lourensford Alluvium Fynbos, Swartland Alluvium Fynbos, Breede Alluvium Fynbos |
Description | Seasonally damp sites mostly in heavy clay soils in remnant patches of renosterveld. |
Threats |
| Invasive Alien Species (direct effects), Harvesting [gathering], Habitat loss, Habitat degradation, Pollution (affecting habitat and/or species), Changes in native species dynamics |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Pauridia alba (Thunb.) Snijman & Kocyan | VU B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | 2014.1 | | Spiloxene alba (Thunb.) Fourc. | VU B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Fourcade, H.G. 1934. Contributions to the flora of the Knysna and neighbouring divisions. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 21:75-102.
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.
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.
Snijman, D.A. and Kocyan, A. 2013. The genus Pauridia (Hypoxidaceae) amplified to include Hypoxis sect. Ianthe, Saniella and Spiloxene, with revised nomenclature and typification. Phytotaxa 116(1):19-33.
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Citation |
| Snijman, D.A. & Raimondo, D. 2014. Pauridia alba (Thunb.) Snijman & Kocyan. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/01/17 |
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