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Scientific Name | Apodolirion amyanum D.Müll.-Doblies |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | AMARYLLIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Endangered B1ab(i,ii,iii) |
Assessment Date | 2005/04/04 |
Assessor(s) | A.P. Dold & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Restricted to a small area in the Grahamstown district (EOO <500 km²), where it is known from less than five locations and declining due to ongoing habitat loss. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Restricted to a small area between the Bushmans and Kariega rivers south of Grahamstown. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Nanaga Savanna Thicket, Grahamstown Grassland Thicket |
Description | Margin of thicket along quartz outcrops. |
Threats |
| Invasive Alien Species (direct effects), Habitat loss |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Apodolirion amyanum D.Müll.-Doblies | EN B1ab(i,ii,iii) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Apodolirion amyanum D.Müll.-Doblies | Data Deficient | Victor (2002) | |
Bibliography |
Müller-Doblies, D. 1986. De Liliifloris notulae 3. Enumeratio specierum generum Gethyllis et Apodolirion (Amaryllidaceae). Willdenowia 15(2):465-471.
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.
Victor, J.E. 2002. South Africa. In: J.S. Golding (ed), Southern African plant Red Data Lists. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 14 (pp. 93-120), SABONET, Pretoria.
Victor, J.E. and Dold, A.P. 2003. Threatened plants of the Albany Centre of Floristic Endemism, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 99:437-446.
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Citation |
| Dold, A.P. & Victor, J.E. 2005. Apodolirion amyanum D.Müll.-Doblies. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/18 |
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