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Scientific Name | Clivia mirabilis Rourke |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | AMARYLLIDACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2004/07/20 |
Assessor(s) | D.A. Snijman & J.E. Victor |
Justification | Known from two locations on the Bokkeveld plateau. Potentially threatened by illegal harvesting for horticultural purposes and by genetic pollution as a result of Clivia breeders hybridising plants in the wild. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Nieuwoudtville. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Vanrhynsdorp Shale Renosterveld, Southern Afrotemperate Forest |
Description | Light shade in scrub forest. |
Threats |
| Harvesting [gathering], Human disturbance |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Clivia mirabilis Rourke | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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.
Rourke, J.P. 2002. Clivia mirabilis (Amaryllidaceae: Haemantheae), a new species from Northern Cape, South Africa. Bothalia 32:1-7.
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Citation |
| Snijman, D.A. & Victor, J.E. 2004. Clivia mirabilis Rourke. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/16 |
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