Large Pink Nerine

Taxonomy

Scientific Name

Nerine bowdenii Watson

Higher Classification

Monocotyledons

Family

AMARYLLIDACEAE

Synonyms

Nerine bowdenii Watson subsp. wellsii C.A.Norris

Common Names

Large Pink Nerine (e)

National Status

Status and Criteria

Rare

Assessment Date

2005/07/13

Assessor(s)

J.E. Victor & C.R. Scott-Shaw

Justification

Known from nine subpopulations, all of which have low numbers of individuals. Not threatened due to inaccessibility of habitat.

Distribution

Endemism

South African endemic

Provincial distribution

Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal

Range

Southern Drakensberg Mountains to King William's Town.

Habitat and Ecology

Major system

Terrestrial

Major habitats

Midlands Mistbelt Grassland, Drakensberg Foothill Moist Grassland, uKhahlamba Basalt Grassland, Drakensberg Afroalpine Heathland

Description

Subalpine grassland and Drakensberg-Amathole Afromontane Fynbos, in cool moist pockets of cliffs and steep slopes where deep humic soils accumulate.

Population

Population trend

Stable

Assessment History

Taxon assessed	Status and Criteria	Citation/Red List version
Nerine bowdenii Watson	Rare	Raimondo et al. (2009)
Nerine bowdenii Watson	Lower Risk - Least Concern	Victor (2002)
Nerine bowdenii Watson	Lower Risk - Least Concern	Scott-Shaw (1999)
Nerine bowdenii Watson	Insufficiently Known	Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Nerine bowdenii Watson	Uncertain	Hall et al. (1980)

Bibliography

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.

Phillipson, P.B. 1995. What is the Albany hot-spot? The Naturalist 39:14-19.

Pooley, E. 2003. Mountain flowers: a field guide to the flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.

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.

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.

Citation

Victor, J.E. & Scott-Shaw, C.R. 2005. Nerine bowdenii Watson. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2024/09/15

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