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Scientific Name | Brunsvigia josephinae (Redouté) Ker Gawl. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | AMARYLLIDACEAE |
Synonyms | Brunsvigia gydobergensis D.& U.Müll.-Doblies |
Common Names | Lantanter (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable A2c; C2a(i) |
Assessment Date | 2022/07/21 |
Assessor(s) | D.A. Snijman & D. Raimondo |
Justification | This long-lived bulb occurs as widely scattered subpopulations in lowland areas that are subject to continued habitat loss to agriculture (30% of habitat has been lost over the past 70 years). Herbarium specimens record about 18 subpopulations, and we estimate that a further 70 unrecorded subpopulations may exist. All subpopulations consist of fewer than 50 adult plants and are declining due to collection on an ongoing basis for medicinal purposes. It is therefore listed as Vulnerable under criteria A and C. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | This species' distribution stretches from Nieuwoudtville in the Northern Cape to Malgas in the Western Cape and from Willowmore to Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Western Little Karoo, Roggeveld Karoo, Breede Shale Renosterveld, Montagu Shale Renosterveld, Matjiesfontein Shale Renosterveld, Central Mountain Shale Renosterveld, Humansdorp Shale Renosterveld, Langkloof Shale Renosterveld, Uniondale Shale Renosterveld, Eastern Ruens Shale Renosterveld, Oudshoorn Karroid Thicket |
Description | It occurs on rocky slopes and clay flats in renosterveld. |
Threats |
| The plants are collected for medicinal purposes (there has been an observed loss due to harvesting in Worcester). This species has lost habitat throughout much of the south-western Cape due to crop cultivation. |
Population |
Although widespread, this species is rare and occurs as small, scattered subpopulations.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Brunsvigia josephinae (Redouté) Ker Gawl. | VU A2c; C2a(i) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Brunsvigia gydobergensis D.& U.Müll.-Doblies | Extinct | Victor (2002) | | Brunsvigia gydobergensis D.& U.Müll.-Doblies | Endangered | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
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.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Müller-Doblies, D. and Müller-Doblies, U. 1994. De Liliifloris notulae 5. Some new taxa and combinations in the Amaryllidaceae tribe Amaryllideae from arid Southern Africa. Feddes Repertorium 105:331-363.
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.
Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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Citation |
| Snijman, D.A. & Raimondo, D. 2022. Brunsvigia josephinae (Redouté) Ker Gawl. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/18 |
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