Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Cyrtanthus flammosus Snijman & Van Jaarsv.
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
AMARYLLIDACEAE
National Status
Status and Criteria
Critically Rare
Assessment Date
2004/07/20
Assessor(s)
D.A. Snijman & J.E. Victor
Justification
Known from one site in the Baviaanskloof. Not threatened due to the inaccessibility of its habitat.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Eastern Cape
Range
Baviaanskloof.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Sundays Valley Thicket, Baviaans Valley Thicket
Description
Sheer, south-facing rock faces.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Cyrtanthus flammosus Snijman & Van Jaarsv.Critically Rare Raimondo et al. (2009)
Cyrtanthus flammosus Snijman & Van Jaarsv.VU D2Victor (2002)
Cyrtanthus flammosus Snijman & Van Jaarsv.Rare 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.


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.


Snijman, D.A., van Jaarsveld, E.J. and Ward-Hilhorst, E. 1995. Cyrtanthus flammosus. Flowering Plants of Africa 54:100-103.


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
Snijman, D.A. & Victor, J.E. 2004. Cyrtanthus flammosus Snijman & Van Jaarsv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/19

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