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Scientific Name | Brunsvigia elandsmontana Snijman |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | AMARYLLIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered B1ab(v)+2ab(v) |
Assessment Date | 2007/09/19 |
Assessor(s) | D.A. Snijman & D. Raimondo |
Justification | Known from one location on transition soils between sandstone and clay. The majority of similar surrounding habitat has been transformed by wheat cultivation over the past 70 years. It is known from fewer than 700 plants and is threatened by grazing by game. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Western Cape |
Range | Elandsberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Swartland Shale Renosterveld, Swartland Alluvium Fynbos |
Description | Pebbly soils on flats. |
Threats |
| No plants could be found during surveys of the only known location in 2005, 2006 and 2007 (J.C. Manning pers. comm.). It is likely that the population is negatively impacted by heavy grazing pressure from game. |
Population |
The only known population is estimated to consist of fewer than 700 plants.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Conservation |
| Elandsberg Private Nature Reserve. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Brunsvigia elandsmontana Snijman | CR B1ab(v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Brunsvigia elandsmontana Snijman | VU D2 | Victor (2002) | |
Bibliography |
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. 2001. A new species of Brunsvigia (Amaryllideae) from Western Cape, South Africa. Bothalia 31(1):34-37.
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.
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Citation |
| Snijman, D.A. & Raimondo, D. 2007. Brunsvigia elandsmontana Snijman. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2020.1. Accessed on 2022/12/05 |
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