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Scientific Name | Nerine masoniorum L.Bolus |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | AMARYLLIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Critically Endangered B1ab(i,ii,iii) |
Assessment Date | 2007/09/21 |
Assessor(s) | D.A. Snijman, A.P. Dold, D. Raimondo & J.E. Victor |
Justification | A highly localized endemic (EOO 62 km²), known from two locations, one of which was lost recently due to the development of an informal settlement. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Umtata. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Bhisho Thornveld |
Description | Grassland, large, exposed sheets of dolerite that receive mist from coastal plains. |
Threats |
| Threatened by habitat loss and degradation due to close proximity to an expanding informal settlement and heavy grazing by domestic stock. One subpopulation near Umtata has been destroyed by urban expansion (Dold and Weeks 2000) . |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Conservation |
| Not conserved in any formally protected area. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Nerine masoniorum L.Bolus | CR B1ab(i,ii,iii) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Nerine masoniorum L.Bolus | EN B1B2ab | Victor (2002) | | Nerine masoniorum L.Bolus | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Nerine masoniorum L.Bolus | Uncertain | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
Barker, W.F. 1935. Nerine masoniorum. Flowering Plants of Africa 15:t. 570.
Dold, T. and Weeks, D. 2000. The Nerine from Misty Mount - How well do you know the wild Nerine masoniorium from the Eastern Cape? Veld & Flora 86(4):168-168.
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.
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.
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Citation |
| Snijman, D.A., Dold, A.P., Raimondo, D. & Victor, J.E. 2007. Nerine masoniorum L.Bolus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/22 |
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