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Scientific Name | Nerine platypetala McNeil |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | AMARYLLIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) |
Assessment Date | 2005/07/13 |
Assessor(s) | C.R. Scott-Shaw & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Known from less than 10 locations (EOO<20 000 km²). There is a continuing decline of habitat as a result of afforestation. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga |
Range | Wakkerstroom to Groenvlei. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Wakkerstroom Montane Grassland |
Description | Montane grassland, margins of permanently moist vleis and levees of river banks. |
Threats |
Harvesting [gathering], Habitat degradation, Habitat loss |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | Nerine platypetala McNeil | VU B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | Nerine platypetala McNeil | VU | Scott-Shaw (1999) | Nerine platypetala McNeil | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | Nerine platypetala McNeil | Uncertain | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography |
Archer, R.H., Craib, C. and Condy, G. 1997. Nerine platypetala. Flowering Plants of Africa 55:36-39, t. 2127.
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.
McNeil, G. 1971. An undescribed Nerine from the SE Transvaal. Journal of South African Botany 37:267-268.
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.
Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.
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Citation |
Scott-Shaw, C.R. & Victor, J.E. 2005. Nerine platypetala McNeil. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/02/18 |